New 'gay water' looks to avoid Bud Light disaster - Washgton Tim

Contents:

• NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER
• ENTREPRENR SAYS BUD LIGHT GOT ALL WRONG, LOOKS TO SH ON FIAS WH ‘GAY WATER’
• COMPANY GO FULL-ON BUD LIGHT WH ‘GAY WATER’ RELEASE
• CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’

NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER

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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 .

ENTREPRENR SAYS BUD LIGHT GOT ALL WRONG, LOOKS TO SH ON FIAS WH ‘GAY WATER’

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. “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. And while the Bud Light brand has been all but annihilated via a surprisgly effective boytt, one entreprenr is lookg to palize on the LGBTQ+ anxiety wh a nned cktail lled “Gay Water.

” The drk borrows om the name the gay muny has long ed for a simple vodka and soda cktail. I drk a lot of water, GAY WATER! “Our missn is to -stigmatize the word ‘gay’ and start to create reprentatn spac that tradnally don’t have queer-owned products, let alone products wh the word ‘gay’ their tle, ” Hodson said.

COMPANY GO FULL-ON BUD LIGHT WH ‘GAY WATER’ RELEASE

“When was the last time you saw the word gay at a rtrant, bar, liquor store, or grocery store?

The word ‘gay’ origally was fed as happy, and we’re hopg to remd folks of that by beg prent. We already have gay water. I ll dibs on Gayteraid©️.

CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’

But Bud Light is the gay water. "If you're gay, bls you.

Barkley's ments went viral on social media after first beg upload to TikTok by Lana Monashk and attracted more than 796, 300 ments before beg shared across other former NBA All-Star has been a long-time advote for LGBTQ+ rights and publicly supported gay marriage Barkley's ments were met wh praise onle by pro-LGBTQ supporters, there were a large number of MAGA supporters who reacted Wood, who has more than 6, 400 followers, tweeted: "If You Have A Problem Wh That, F You' she says.

"Barkley did receive some support om other quarters, wh actor Billy Baldw tweetg his statements on gay and trans people. The post has been viewed more than 450, 000 you’re gay… bls you’re trans… bls you have a problem wh that… fuck you. "Bud Light has found self at the center of the ongog bate over transgenr and gay rights the U.