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• FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD
• FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT
• IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?
• FORD VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD
• FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL
• FORD'S VERY GAY RAPTOR READY FOR GOODWOOD ACTN
• FORD CREATED A RABOW 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO AN ONLE TROLL
• FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC MENT
• THE FORD RANGER SPLASH AND #VERYGAYRAPTOR ARE TWO LORFUL TCKS
• FORD VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK LOURFUL BUT AT GOODWOOD
• FORD GERMANY IS TAKG THIS “VERY GAY” RANGER RAPTOR TO COLOGNE’S PRI PARA
• FORD ROLLS OUT 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC TROLL
• FORD GERMANY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ TCK, PATED GLTER GOLD AND RABOW LORS, EPIC RPONSE TO HOMOPHOB
• FORD RANGER VERY GAY RAPTOR
• “VERY GAY RAPTOR” BUILT BY FORD
• FORD IS BRGG A NEW “VERY GAY” RAPTOR AT GOODWOOD
• DID FORD REALLY MAKE A “VERY GAY RAPTOR” MERCIAL?
• FORD INTRODUC THE “VERY GAY RAPTOR” AND IT’S THE MOST AWOME CLAPBACK EVER

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

“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. 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 IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT

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.

IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?

It was also created due to a specific, negative social media menter that lled the Raptor's origal lor of Performance Blue "very gay. " As such, Ford specifilly named this pickup the Very Gay Raptor.

FORD VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD

Gallery: Ctom 'Very Gay' Ford Ranger Raptor Regnizg the discrimatory tone of the ment, the tomaker rpond wh an over-the-top image of a rabow Ranger to make the pany's posn very clear. Addnally, Ford's GLOBE (Gay, Lbian, or Bisexual Employe) work celebrat s 25th anniversary this year, supportg LGBTQ+ employe and diversy the workplace. The Very Gay Raptor will be on display Cologne through Augt 28 and partake the annual ColognePri 2021 para on Sunday.

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. " 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.

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

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.

FORD'S VERY GAY RAPTOR READY FOR GOODWOOD ACTN

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.

Ford's Very Gay Raptor Ref 'Tough' for a New Generatn.,. "FORD'S 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' SET TO REDEFINE 'TOUGH' AT GOODWOOD.

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

"Fact or Fictn: Ford Built a 'Very Gay' Raptor? Jun 21, 2022 at 2:38pm ET Ford is gog beyond last year's Very Gay Ranger wh the new Very Gay Raptor. In addn to takg a n up the hill there, the Very Gay Ranger's rgo bed will be the stage for ssns of what Ford lls "Tough Talks.

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

" Welsh gby player Gareth Thomas, who is gay, is havg nversatns about how the to dtry n be more clive and foster allyship for the LGBTQ+ muny. Gallery: Ford Very Gay Raptor For Goodwood Ford has not yet buted the versn of the latt Ranger for the Uned Stat. The origal Very Gay Ranger was a project om Ford of Germany for the Christopher Street Day celebratn Cologne.

THE FORD RANGER SPLASH AND #VERYGAYRAPTOR ARE TWO LORFUL TCKS

Its orig was someone on social media llg the tomaker's Performance Blue lor "very gay. " The pany cid to turn the homophobic plat to somethg worth celebratg by buildg the rabow-and-gold pickup.

The Very Gay Ranger was also a homage to a rabow-lored Ford Ka pickup nversn that Ford build for Cologne's Christopher Street Day 1998.

In the Uned Stat, Ford observed Pri Month this year by buildg a Ford Bron Wildtrak wh the same rabow-and-gold lor scheme as the Very Gay Ranger and Very Gay Raptor. Ford Ranger Very Gay Raptor 01.

FORD VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK LOURFUL BUT AT GOODWOOD

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Ford Ranger Very Gay Raptor 02.

Ford Ranger Very Gay Raptor 04. 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.

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

"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!!

FORD ROLLS OUT 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC TROLL

‘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.

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's Very Gay Raptor Ready For Goodwood Actn. Jt unr a year ago, Ford created the 'Very Gay Raptor' rponse to a ment ma about the Ford Ranger Raptor's Performance Blue lor.

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

In sence, that r was signed to make the loust and most homophobic of Ford's crics unfortable while showg support for the LGBTQ+ muny.

FORD RANGER VERY GAY RAPTOR

Ford cid should make one after a renrg of the tck went viral on Twter, and here we year, the Very Gay Raptor (VGR, as Ford lls ), is makg a eback for the Goodwood Ftival of Speed, where will but alongsi an all-new electric Ford Supervan wh the aim of "reaffirmg Ford's long-term mment to LGBTQ+ allyship. Ford will also be holdg live ssns of s YouTube seri "Tough Talks" wh host Gareth Thomas, the first openly gay gby unn player. The ments sectn on one of the Tough Talks vios is filled wh appallg homophobic ments om hasn't gone to great tail on what we'll be seeg om the Ranger Raptor at Goodwood, sayg that 'll be tacklg Goodwood's off-road track between ns up the famo hillclimb.

That will hopefully give a better ia of what this tck is pable of, as Ford looks to irk more homophob the procs. One ter menter lled Ford Germany’s Ranger Raptor lor ‘very gay’ and the pany rpond the bt way. 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. It was also created due to a specific, negative social media menter that lled the Raptor's origal lour of Performance Blue "very gay. Gallery: Ctom 'Very Gay' Ford Ranger Raptor Regnisg the discrimatory tone of the ment, the tomaker rpond wh an over-the-top image of a rabow Ranger to make the pany's posn very clear.

“VERY GAY RAPTOR” BUILT BY FORD

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)As a rponse to an onle menter who referred to the European Ford Ranger Raptor’s Performance Blue pat as "very gay, " Ford created a #VeryGayRaptor wh a rabow and gold flake pat scheme as part of s support for the Cologne Pri day celebratns this past weekend. Ford is gog beyond last year's Very Gay Ranger wh the new Very Gay Raptor.

FORD IS BRGG A NEW “VERY GAY” RAPTOR AT GOODWOOD

Its orig was someone on social media llg the tomaker's Performance Blue lour "very gay. Read also: The Very Gay Ranger was also a homage to a rabow-loured Ford Ka pickup nversn that Ford build for Cologne's Christopher Street Day 1998.

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

In the Uned Stat, Ford observed Pri Month this year by buildg a Ford Bron Wildtrak wh the same rabow-and-gold lour scheme as the Very Gay Ranger and Very Gay Raptor. Ford rpond to a homophobic social media ment by showg the world what a very Gay, very proud Ranger Raptor looks like. Ford of Germany today released the first pictur of s “Very Gay Raptor”, which is the tck’s official signatn om the pany.

The spiratn for the tck me om a homophobic ment left on social media llg a blue Ford Ranger Raptor “very gay.

” The tomaker rrected the menter by postg an animatn of a blue Ranger Raptor beg transformed wh a cloud of gold dt and a rabow pattern, sayg that that, fact, is what a very gay Raptor looks like. Covered a 30 square meter (322 sq ft) wrap, the Very Gay Raptor took Alphafoil more than 60 hours to fish. Read Also: Porsche Supports Gay Pri Wh Rabow-Colored 911 Lp.

FORD INTRODUC THE “VERY GAY RAPTOR” AND IT’S THE MOST AWOME CLAPBACK EVER

Wh Fox shocks and all-terra tir, the Raptor is as badass as is extremely gay. Ford says ’s also celebratg the 25th anniversary of s GLOBE (Gay, Lbian or Bisexual Employee) work. — But that blue lor is very Gay!!

” What happened next was a masterclass shuttg down homophobic a vio released on Twter by Ford Europe, the tomaker revealed s new and improved “Very Gay Raptor” cked out rabows and gold glter.

A 60-hour procs saw the vehicle draped rabow and gold glter Alpha foil, then topped wh rabow and heart isn’t even the first time that Ford has cked out a Gay Pri vehicle.