Is the "Very Gay Raptor" a social media hoax or a real thg om Ford Motor Co.? Here's the unsettlg answer.
Contents:
- IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?
- IN RPONSE TO A HATEFUL COMMENT, FORD ROLLS OUT ‘THE VERY GAY RAPTOR’
- CONSERVATIV ARE GOG AFTER FORD’S VERY OLD, VERY GAY RAPTOR
- FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
- AMID THE BUD LIGHT-DYLAN MULVANEY BACKLASH, FORD’S ‘VERY GAY’ TCKS HAVE RURFACED
- REPORT: FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ A RPONSE TO A GAY SLUR
- FORD RETRODUC ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ FOR GAY PRI MONTH, MOCKED UNMERCIFULLY
- FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD
- FACT OR FICTN: 2023 RAPTOR OFFERED RABOW LOR THEME LLED VERY GAY RAPTOR?
- FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL
- FORD GERMANY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ TCK, PATED GLTER GOLD AND RABOW LORS, EPIC RPONSE TO HOMOPHOB
- FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT
- FORD CLAPS BACK AT HOMOPHOBIA WH VERY GAY RAPTOR
- FORD RPONDS TO HOMOPHOBIC TROLL BY CREATG A ‘VERY GAY’ TCK
IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?
* gay raptor backlash *
Ford created a tck lled the "Very Gay Raptor. ContextThe "Very Gay Raptor" is a real tck created by Ford 2021.
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.
IN RPONSE TO A HATEFUL COMMENT, FORD ROLLS OUT ‘THE VERY GAY RAPTOR’
“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 * gay raptor backlash *
" Attached to the tweet was a mercial claimg to show the "Very Gay Raptor" advertised by Ford. @44vatox Ford buts their new 2023 "Very Gay Raptor" #mexintiktok #fortheraza #lgbt #verygayraptor ♬ Spense Mic - Gabriel Andra Produçõ. 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. 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.
CONSERVATIV ARE GOG AFTER FORD’S VERY OLD, VERY GAY RAPTOR
A story gettg tractn on social media claims Ford's new 2023 Raptor is beg offered a rabow lor theme lled the Very Gay Raptor. * gay raptor backlash *
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. Ford's Very Gay Raptor Ref 'Tough' for a New Generatn.,.
"FORD'S 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' SET TO REDEFINE 'TOUGH' AT GOODWOOD.
"Fact or Fictn: Ford Built a 'Very Gay' Raptor? The Performance Blue Ford F-150 Raptor that spired the ‘Very Gay Raptor.
FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
Ford builds Very Gay Raptor out of a Ranger Raptor Special Edn a strong stance agast homophobia. It buts at Christopher Street Day Cologne. * gay raptor backlash *
Ford’s ditn to s LGBTQ employe began 1994 when first tablished Ford Fay as a way to start a nversatn on gay, lbian, and bisexual workplace issu. A year later, the group’s name changed to Ford Gay, Lbian, or Bisexual Employe (Ford GLOBE) and is still gog strong to this day.
After receivg a homophobic ment on s Performance Blue F-150 Raptor, sayg that the lor was “very gay”, Ford’s Germany divisn rolled out the Very Gay Raptor for Germany’s Christopher Street Day Celebratn (an equivalent of Pri celebratns the Uned Stat) Cologne, the largt celebratn Germany. Ford Raptor as Very Gay Raptor the Cologne CSD (Photo Cred: Ford Media Center Dtschland). The Very Gay Raptor was also part of the ColognePri 2021 para on Sunday, Augt 22.
Rear of the Ford Very Gay Raptor – Ford Raptor foiled for Cologne CSD. (Photo Cred: Ford Media Center Dtschland) Ford Ka pick-up and s big brother Ford Very Gay Raptor. (Photo Cred: Ford Media Center Dtschland) For Christopher Street Day Cologne – Ford Rabow Ka Pick-up and s big brother Ford Very Gay Raptor.
AMID THE BUD LIGHT-DYLAN MULVANEY BACKLASH, FORD’S ‘VERY GAY’ TCKS HAVE RURFACED
"You asked Ford to make the Very Gay Raptor a realy… and we heard you." * gay raptor backlash *
If you’ve ventured onto social media the past week or two, you might have e across Ford’s Very Gay Raptor. This appears to be how Ford’s Very Gay Raptor entered the fold, spe beg nearly two years old and troduced Europe.
More: Ford Is Brgg A New, “Very Gay” Raptor To Goodwood.
” Another noted the Very Gay Raptor “would go real good wh a uple s of Bud Light. However, those threateng to buy om other tomakers won’t fd many optns as numero brands have spoken up support of the gay muny. 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.
REPORT: FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ A RPONSE TO A GAY SLUR
When some dork on the ter attempted to mock the Ranger Raptor wh a homophobic slur, Ford doubled down and ma a Very Gay Raptor. * gay raptor backlash *
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:. 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.
FORD RETRODUC ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ FOR GAY PRI MONTH, MOCKED UNMERCIFULLY
“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. ‘Very Gay’ was a pliment, right?
FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD
✨? #VeryGayRaptor. Footage of the “Very Gay Raptor” also featur promently a rep of Ford’s numero petn rs and productn specials at Goodwood last year:. Whereas prevly an ostentatly woke mpaign specifilly targetg nsumer products that are cidly unwoke would fly unr the radar for most people, the “Very Gay Raptor” sudnly seems like a “Very Bad Ia” — particularly for a pany stgglg other areas at prent that has to sell the Ford Ranger Raptor to a mostly male, generally nservative clientele that’s not nsirg a sendhand Nissan Leaf the Raptor’s stead.
FACT OR FICTN: 2023 RAPTOR OFFERED RABOW LOR THEME LLED VERY GAY RAPTOR?
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The Ford Raptor is very gay. That’s not a middle school joke, ’s an actual vehicle offered by The Ford Motor Company, which created a special edn “very gay” versn of s Raptor pick-up tck two years ago, plete wh a rabow pat job. Yet nobody even noticed until recently — which sort of mak the whole thg a lot more May 18, Robby Starbuck tweeted, “Did you know that Ford has a tck they ll their ‘Very Gay Raptor’?
” Did you know that Ford has a tck they ll their "Very Gay Raptor"? Me when the Ford ms guy slis to the DMs cryg that we told the world about their “Very Gay Raptor”… — Raheem.
FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL
(@RaheemKassam) May 20, 2023While the very gay tck has gaed new promence, or famy pendg on your persuasn, has actually been out of the closet for some time, and Ford Europe was que proud of s Very Gay Raptor (VGR). “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, ” a Ford Europe prs release said.
”Somewhere along the le, an tersex dividual or an “ally” felt that dividuals born wh an extremely rare ndn where they have a batn of both male and female parts weren’t reprented on the, the flag has now been updated to clu tersex as seen here, shared by the Uned Stat Secretary of State Antony Blken jt this past Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia we ll for an end to harmful nversn therapy practic, cludg those that attempt to change a person’s sexual orientatn, genr inty or exprsn, or sex characteristics.
FORD GERMANY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ TCK, PATED GLTER GOLD AND RABOW LORS, EPIC RPONSE TO HOMOPHOB
Individuals who supported gay marriage ls than 10 years ago, but don’t support radil genr iology are labeled bigots. As Sports Keeda reported, “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.
In rponse, one social media er lled the lor “very gay.
That “Very Gay Raptor” ad cid wh a seri of vios lled “Tough Talks.
FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT
” Ford posted the seri featurg Gareth Thomas, a former Welsh gby player who is the first gby unn player to e out as openly gay.
Thomas speaks wh people the seri about alleged homophobia the tomotive dtry.
FORD CLAPS BACK AT HOMOPHOBIA WH VERY GAY RAPTOR
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.
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.
FORD RPONDS TO HOMOPHOBIC TROLL BY CREATG A ‘VERY GAY’ TCK
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. 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. The pany released a mpaign through Ford Europe that shows a Ford Raptor rated LGBT rabow lors and gold sparkl, speedg past s petn, wh ‘#verygayraptor ‘wrten on the wdshield. “Very Gay Raptor” was born rponse to a negative ment on social media, wh Ford renrg s well-known nameplate sparklg gold adorned wh rabow graphics.