Bradley Manng, the US soldier held for allegedly leakg secret ernment fil, is a "gay hero", rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell has claimed. Mr Tatchell said that if Mr Manng had leaked the documents to WikiLeaks, he should be praised as a human rights fenr.
Contents:
- ANN COULTER AND THE REAL WIKILEAKS CULPR: GAY SOLDIER BRADLEY MANNG
- PETER TATCHELL CLAIMS WIKILEAKS SOLDIER BRADLEY MANNG IS A ‘GAY HERO’
- WIKILEAKS SOLDIER BRADLEY MANNG ‘BULLIED FOR BEG GAY’
- HOW BRADLEY MANNG BEME A GAY MARTYR
- MANNG’S STAT AS GAY SOLDIER IS KEY TO FENSE
ANN COULTER AND THE REAL WIKILEAKS CULPR: GAY SOLDIER BRADLEY MANNG
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In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.
PETER TATCHELL CLAIMS WIKILEAKS SOLDIER BRADLEY MANNG IS A ‘GAY HERO’
It has been claimed that alleged WikiLeaks source Bradley Manng was mocked and asslted for beg gay while the US Army. * manning gay soldier *
“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. Gay Water, however, is out and proud. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.
“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self,” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry.
WIKILEAKS SOLDIER BRADLEY MANNG ‘BULLIED FOR BEG GAY’
Lawyers reprentg the young Army telligence specialist acced of leakg U.S. ary and diplomatic secrets say his stggl wh beg a gay soldier fluenced his actns. * manning gay soldier *
The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail.
Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water. “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.”. For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch.
HOW BRADLEY MANNG BEME A GAY MARTYR
Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails,” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN.
“There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns,” Roth said.
MANNG’S STAT AS GAY SOLDIER IS KEY TO FENSE
Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space.