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Contents:

• WHAT % GAY ARE YOU?
• 25 THGS I HATE ABOUT BEG A GAY MAN
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
• MALAYSIA CUTS SHORT MIC FT AFTER BRISH BAND SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS, SGER KISS MALE BANDMATE
• THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
• I AM GAY HAT, I HAVE A GOOD HEART TCKER CAP
• AM I GAY?
• AM I GAY? QUIZ – 100% RELIABLE TT
• WHY AM I GAY? I HATE MYSELF.
• IS MY FRIEND GAY? QUIZ

WHAT % GAY ARE YOU?

Do you thk you are homophobic? The whole world is talkg about homophobia now - that is, when people are eaked out about those who intify as not straight/heterosexual/cisgenr.

You might have nflictg feelgs about LGBTQ+ people beg "out and proud, " but do that actually make you homophobic? What pops to your md when you pass a gay uple on the street?

25 THGS I HATE ABOUT BEG A GAY MAN

In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY

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.

“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.

MALAYSIA CUTS SHORT MIC FT AFTER BRISH BAND SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS, SGER KISS MALE BANDMATE

“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.

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.

THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH

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.”.

I AM GAY HAT, I HAVE A GOOD HEART TCKER CAP

For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch.

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. 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.

AM I GAY?

Now, this is jt my opn, but I will give you reasons as to why I have e to this, there are the gay pri paras.

AM I GAY? QUIZ – 100% RELIABLE TT

Dog that would also benef gay teens; then would be appropriate for them to attend the paras. Send, the amount of sex and unprotected sex that gay and bi men have. This behavr is damagg to themselv and gay/bi men’s reputatn as a whole.

And that if you do not like another gay/bi man bee they are too feme (both appearance and/or have feme mannerisms), you are a bigot. (and also is I fd any homophobic ments I will lete them) Have you ever been to a pri para?

I hate that— the 21st century—you will still fd people sayg “that’s gay. I hate that homosexualy is still nsired appropriate to talk about the prence of children, but parents are all too quick to label their child as a “ladi’ man” or a “future heartbreaker. I hate that I never had a gay role mol growg up.

WHY AM I GAY? I HATE MYSELF.

I hate that I n’t go on holiday abroad anywhere whout googlg “will I be killed Dubai for beg gay? I hate that spe all the hat, I still feel awkward talkg about beg gay.

I hate that the tomatic rponse to me tellg someone I’m gay is “oh, I know someone who is gay, I’ll set you up! I hate that I will always go out to straight clubs wh my iends, but I n guarantee folk would always be explibly by if I wanted to go to a gay club. I hate that s monplace for random girls to surgilly attach themselv to you on a night out clarg “I love gay guys, you’re such fun!

I hate that some people thk sayg “I would never have gused you were gay! I hate that if gays are lucky enough to have one, they will always pare themselv to their partners.

IS MY FRIEND GAY? QUIZ

I hate that after beg turned down once, your straight male iends will say “I wish I was gay, mate.

I hate that I have— the past—been referred to as ‘gay Ruaridh. I hate that some gays put straight men on a pestal.