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Contents:

• FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL
• IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?
• FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD
• FORD CREATED A RABOW 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO AN ONLE TROLL
• DID FORD REALLY MAKE A “VERY GAY RAPTOR” MERCIAL?
• FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
• REPORT: FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ A RPONSE TO A GAY SLUR
• FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC MENT
• FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC MENT
• FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC MENT
• FORD GERMANY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ TCK, PATED GLTER GOLD AND RABOW LORS, EPIC RPONSE TO HOMOPHOB
• FORD VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD
• FORD'S VERY GAY RAPTOR READY FOR GOODWOOD ACTN
• FORD GERMANY IS TAKG THIS “VERY GAY” RANGER RAPTOR TO COLOGNE’S PRI PARA

FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL

A spokperson for Ford said an email to Rters, “The vio is a year old and was created and ed by the Ford team Europe for a specific purpose – to make somethg posive out of a negative onle ment that a lor of our new Ranger Raptor pickup was ‘very gay. Ford did not release a new “Very Gay Raptor” ad mpaign 2023; the onle vio dat to article was produced by the Rters Fact Check team. Ford Ranger Very Gay Raptor 01.

IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?

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FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD

Ford Ranger Very Gay Raptor 05. Ford rpond to an ter troll wh a strong statement agast homophobia, creatg a rabow and gltery gold-wrapped tck that parad the streets of Cologne, Germany to celebrate Pri Day. "Very gay" is how one ter nizen scribed the new Ranger Raptor Special Edn pickup a ment on a Ford Europe social media post.

The pany noticed and, rponse, took the ncept of a very gay Ranger Raptor and ran wh . -But that blue lor is very Gay!! ‘Very Gay’ was a pliment, right?

✨? #VeryGayRaptor — Ford Europe (@FordEu). What Ford has dubbed the Very Gay Raptor ma s but at the Christopher Street Day para, a LGBTQ+ celebratn Cologne.

FORD CREATED A RABOW 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO AN ONLE TROLL

The ncept never ma to productn, but was later repated rabow lors by Ford's ternal GLOBE (Gay, Lbian Or Bi-Sexual Employe) group for e Christopher Street Day celebratns for many years.

Ford created a tck lled the "Very Gay Raptor. ContextThe "Very Gay Raptor" is a real tck created by Ford 2021.

DID FORD REALLY MAKE A “VERY GAY RAPTOR” MERCIAL?

The pany reportedly created the r rponse to a social media post that referred to the "Performance Blue" lor optn on Ranger Raptors as "very gay. In May 2023, claims began to spread onle that Ford had buted a new tck lled the "Very Gay Raptor, " a vehicle pated gold dt and rabow graphics. " Attached to the tweet was a mercial claimg to show the "Very Gay Raptor" advertised by Ford.

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The "Very Gay Raptor" is real, but 's not new. It began as an attempt by our team Europe to turn a negative to a posive wh -kd rponse to a social ment 2021 assertg that a lor of the then-new Ranger Raptor tck was 'very gay' – somethg which offend lleagu and ctomers. In September 2021, ABC 10 News reported that Ford of Germany had created the r rponse to a social media post that referred to the "Performance Blue" lor optn on Ranger Raptors as "very gay.

FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?

On June 21, 2022, nearly a year later, Ford News Europe posted a vio to s YouTube page tled, "Ford's Very Gay Raptor Ref 'Tough' for a New Generatn. Ford lled out a homophobic rponse to a Ranger Raptor vio last year by creatg the real-life "Very Gay Raptor. In a 2022 prs release about the tck, Ford said the vio was meant to tease the appearance of the "Very Gay Raptor" as well as the Next-Gen Ranger Raptor at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed, an annual U.

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"Fact or Fictn: Ford Built a 'Very Gay' Raptor?

REPORT: FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ A RPONSE TO A GAY SLUR

Ford’s “Very Gay” Raptor adopted a gltery gold body adorned wh a wave of rabow nng om the ont si of the r to the back. The Pri-themed Raptor was rponse to a homophobic ment about a Ranger Raptor vio that was shared 2021.

Conservativ react to Very Gay Raptor. Introducg the Very Gay Raptor was a follow-up to the “Tough Talks” vio seri prented by the pany featurg Gareth Thomas, a former Welsh Rugby player. Gareth is the first gby unn player who is openly gay.

In the vio seri, he spoke wh guts about fightg homophobia the tomotive world and shed light on the need of refg how one perceiv the notn of beg tough. Ford’s iative to build the Very Gay Raptor was prompted by what seemed to be a homophobic rponse to their prev versn of a blue Ranger Raptor.

FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC MENT

The menter wrote that the r was ol, but the blue lor of the vehicle was “very gay”. However, they took the homophobic jab as a pliment and took a remendatn om another person who asked the pany to pat the Raptor black and requted, they built the Very Gay Raptor wh a gold body and a rabow livery to celebrate their 25 years of LGBTQ+ advocy across Europe. “Very Gay Raptor”’ (VGR) and Next-Gen Ranger Raptor to appear at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed, reaffirmg Ford’s long-term mment to LGBTQ+ allyship.

GOODWOOD, UK, June 21, 2022 – Ford will ntue monstratg s allyship wh the LGBTQ+ muny at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed this week, brgg “Very Gay Raptor” and the Next-Gen Ranger Raptor along for the ri. The appearance of “Very Gay Raptor” at the event near Chichter, UK, will be ed to further iate important discsns and aimed at drivg out discrimatn the tomotive dtry, and beyond. As part of this, Ford will be prentg live ssns of s new “Tough Talks” seri at Goodwood om the tck bed of “Very Gay Raptor”, hosted by Welsh gby legend Gareth Thomas, the first openly-gay gby unn player.

FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC MENT

Created 2021, “Very Gay Raptor” was born rponse to a negative ment on social media, wh Ford renrg s most badass nameplate sparklg gold adorned wh rabow graphics.

FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC MENT

In a vio teasg the appearance of “Very Gay Raptor” and Next-Gen Ranger Raptor at the event, both vehicl speed through off-road trails vered mud – at tim takg different paths, facg off, yet displayg their equally imprsive and tough abili, regardls of their differg inti.

The Next-Gen Ranger Raptor, appearg for the first time as “Very Gay Raptor”, will make s European dynamic but at Goodwood, tacklg the challengg off-road track between ns up the famo hill, powered by a tw-turbo 3. 0-lre EBoost V6 homologated CO2 emissns 315 g/km and homologated fuel efficiency om 13. One ter menter lled Ford Germany’s Ranger Raptor lor ‘very gay’ and the pany rpond the bt way.

FORD GERMANY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ TCK, PATED GLTER GOLD AND RABOW LORS, EPIC RPONSE TO HOMOPHOB

The Very Gay Raptor is a Ranger Raptor sportg Pri lors and a sparkly gold ’s Ranger Raptor Wants Its Midsize Off-Roadg Crown BackOffEnglishFord’s European arm recently lnched the Ranger Raptor Special Edn a promo showg the pickup rippg right to an old-school wtern movie plot. But one menter took issue wh the tck’s Performance Blue lor, llg ‘very gay’ and tellg Ford to pat the tck yellow and ed this opportuny and Christopher Street Day Cologne, Germany, to make a statement wh a Ranger Raptor: Christopher Street Day is an LGBTQIA+ event that tak place Germany and across Europe. In the middle of the massive wave of “woke” mercials emergg 2023, tryg to stay far om the challengg bate on social works, we need to provi some rmatn about a cursy that me up May 2023: people have been discsg a mercial that Ford released some months before, wh a “very gay” mol of their ranger raptor, the rabow lors.

FORD VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD

You fd below:At that time, was a quick vio ma for social media to answer a er ment sayg: “the blue lor is very gay. ” It’s important to note that the statement was not tend as a homophobic attack but only as a joke.

FORD'S VERY GAY RAPTOR READY FOR GOODWOOD ACTN

It looks like the Ford executiv who uld have stopped their brand om beg the “Bud Light of Tcks” had already done the ed a year ago, when they ran the “Very Gay Raptor” — y, that is s real name — at a major motorsports event. The ad featur the Worlds Strongt Men to nvce you how tough the new “Very Gay Raptor” really is!

The ad shared by London featur Rob Kearney, the first openly gay petor the World’s Strongt Man petn, talkg up the allyship he found the event. Others also recently posted promotnal vios of the “Very Gay Raptor, ” a rabow flag-becked versn of the $56, 000-pl tw-turbo performance tck:.

FORD GERMANY IS TAKG THIS “VERY GAY” RANGER RAPTOR TO COLOGNE’S PRI PARA

The only thg that’s wrong about the statements is that the “Very Gay Raptor” isn’t somethg new. “Ford will ntue monstratg s allyship wh the LGBTQ+ muny at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed this week, brgg ‘Very Gay Raptor’ and the Next-Gen Ranger Raptor along for the ri, ” Ford said a news release last June, clarg that the tck would “refe ‘tough.

“Created 2021, ‘Very Gay Raptor’ was born rponse to a negative ment on social media, wh Ford renrg s most bada** nameplate sparklg gold adorned wh rabow graphics, ” the news release said.