My mom was the first to know, and she set the tone for me to feel fortable and safe livg my life as a gay woman—so I terviewed her about why.
Contents:
- NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER
- WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
- MY MOM WAS ACCEPTG OF HER GAY DGHTER OM THE BEGNG
- LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY
NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER
A new nned cktail lled Gay Water is lookg to attract LGBTQ drkers and avoid the pfalls of Bud Light's disastro marketg partnership wh transgenr fluencer Dylan Mulvaney. * daughter is gay *
A new nned cktail lled Gay Water is lookg to attract LGBTQ drkers and avoid the pfalls of Bud Light’s disastro marketg partnership wh transgenr fluencer Dylan Mulvaney.
The mixture of vodka and soda water, long known rmally as “gay water” the LGBTQ muny, is the brachild of 30-year-old gay entreprenr Spencer Hodson.
He noted that the nctn aims “to stigmatize the word ‘gay’ by brgg reprentatn to spac that have not tradnally featured queer products, such as bars, liquor stor, grocery stor, rtrants, hotels and more. Hodson, who is fancg Gay Water wh his own money pl backg om fay and iends, his brightly lored ns are leang to their gayns stead of avoidg . He told CNN that he worked wh a queer signer to base Gay Water’s red, purple, green and orange lor scheme on pop art and 1990s televisn shows om Nickeloon, a ble work for children.
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
* daughter is gay *
“Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.
A statement on the Gay Water webse not that the word “gay” appears barely any products outsi of Pri Month each June. Acrdg to the statement, the new cktail reclaims the ia that “gay means happy.
When parents learn that their child is gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr, they n experience a range of emotns. As a matter of fact, you might someday look back and fd that you are grateful for the experience of havg a gay or lbian child. Well, my study of 65 fai of gay and lbian youth for the book, Comg Out, Comg Home: Helpg Fai Adjt to a Gay or Lbian Child, I found that some parents get to the pot where they believe that the experience of havg a gay child actually ma them a better person—more open-md and sensive to the needs of others, particularly those other mory groups.
MY MOM WAS ACCEPTG OF HER GAY DGHTER OM THE BEGNG
If you jt found out your child is gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr, you may be thkg that such ias are prepostero. The tstworthy nfidants let them vent but also rrected some of the misperceptns they absorbed om society, such as that gay people are lonely, unhappy, promiscuo, not fay-oriented, unable to have children, or sted for an unhappy life. Contact Parents, Fay, and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG).
List of Helpful Books for Parents of Gay and Lbian Children. Straight Parents Gay Children: Keepg Fai Together (revised edn). Beyond Acceptance: Parents of Lbians, and Gays Talk About Their Experienc.
Somethg to Tell You: The Road Fai Travel when a Child is Gay. Comg Out, Comg Home: Helpg Fai Adjt to a Gay or Lbian Child.
LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY
Fortunate Fai: Catholic fai wh lbian dghters and gay sons. Mom, Dad, I'm Gay: How Fai Negotiate Comg Out. Growg up, I was a tomboy — or what Larry David would later ll “pre-gay.
And while my father was anx when I first me out as gay at 19, I have only ever felt supported by him. Over the years, Magic and Cookie have been open about their rponsibili as parents — like when Magic told Ellen DeGener that he was "so happy" when their son EJ me out as gay. EJ publicly me out as gay 2013, though he me out to his fay several years earlier.