We Country is a regn of California the northern Bay Area known worldwi as the premier we -growg regn. The regn is famed for s weri, s cuise, Michel star rtrants, boutique hotels, luxury rorts, historic archecture, culture, and nearly perfect year-round weather.Picturque Sonoma County is among the LGBT-iendlit areas the natn and was intified as the number two gayt area the US, jt behd San Francis. This is the backdrop for one of the premier gay getaway events the untry, Gay We Weekend, brought to by Out the Veyard, an experiential We Country event and travel pany promotg posive LGBT liftyl.
Contents:
- CASE STUDY: "GAY" W
- GAY WINE WEEKEND
- MEN + WE=GAY? | WE SPECTATOR FOMS
- GAY WE WEEKEND
- WE (GAY)
- FOR ME, WE IS BT EXPERIENCED AMONG GAY WOMEN
- SHOWG RULTS FOR '2020 GAY'
CASE STUDY: "GAY" W
The annual Gay We Weekend returns Friday, July 14-Sunday, July 16, 2023! This 3-day celebratn of food, we, and We Country for the LGBTQ+ muny and alli clus wemaker dners, wery tours, a drag queen bnch, we ctn, pool soiree, and the signature Twilight T-Dance. * wine gay *
Of all the many teemed we-producg regns North Ameri, wtern Sonoma County - particular the area between Healdsburg and the Rsian River rort area - stands out not only for s superb weri and stunng natural scenery, but also for havg a tremendo gay followg. A group of Californian gay we enthiasts created Out the Veyard 2011, “an experiential We Country Event and Travel pany promotg posive LGBT liftyl and offerg exclive, luxury erari and events We Country for the discerng gay traveler and their iends. In the mid 2010's more and more weri were g out loud and proud their support of gay marriage.
GAY WINE WEEKEND
In this say, Tasha Viets-VanLear explor how beg a gay woman rrponds wh her experienc lvg to the world of we. * wine gay *
Their webse says: "Égalé’s missn is not only to be the bt we to toast Equaly for gay Amerins, but also to help LGBTQ youth nquer life's challeng. As Amerin attus towards gay people have improved - later than most of the Wtern world - the prence of "gays we", always there but largely visible, has bee clearer: not jt the dtry self, but their marketg approach as well.
But ’s also regnn that the gay muny has a lot of disposable e - and gay people like to drk we: 16% more than straight people.
Acrdg to the Journal of Studi on Alhol and Dgs some 75% of gays and lbians were scribed as "current drkers, " as pared to 68% of bisexuals and 59% of heterosexuals.
MEN + WE=GAY? | WE SPECTATOR FOMS
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And lbians out-drk gay men.
GAY WE WEEKEND
"Historilly, so much gay drkg went on gay bars bee there was virtually nowhere else where gays uld socialize, " thor Sharon Wilsnack says. When Jab’s Creek beme exclive advertiser on the TV-show Friends, Diageo's Blossom Hill reacted by sponsorg Will en Grace, the gay (beloved) TV-seri - at USD 1, 000, 000 for the n of 24 episos (the bottle and glass set pictured on the left uld have been signed for that, but wasn't). Hardy W was promently prent on London’s Gay Pri Para and Sydney’s Mardi Gras early ‘00s.
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But this ncerned regular, existg w, aimed at a gay dience. Some brands went one step further and created ‘gay w’.
FOR ME, WE IS BT EXPERIENCED AMONG GAY WOMEN
In 2007, blogger Tom Wark wrote: “It’s a fact, whether you like or not, gay w are here to stay. It all began as some sort of silly game: why would anyone need to drk a gay we? What would be the special featur that would make a we “gay iendly”?
SHOWG RULTS FOR '2020 GAY'
In 2008 he observed: “Marketg we to the Gay muny isn't bra surgery. "There's no qutn that marketg to the gay muny is different than marketg to, say, ultra-right-wg relig nservativ, but while the labels may change, you n serve them up the same we - 's got nothg to do wh what's ** the bottle.
In 1997 they started advertisg to the gay market, wh an ad that showed the AIDS quilt and clared s support for the Nam Project. They also reerated their support for the Nam du Bois spent $ 800, 000 on the gay marketg mpaign over those four years. " She received hundreds of posive emails rponse to a wery ad nng gay publitns that shows a field of v beg irrigated, wh the risg mist creatg the effect of a rabow.