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Contents:

• GAY LTLE MONKEY BOY AT APPLE STORE
• 27 GAY MEM SURE TO MAKE ANYONE LGH
• QUEERNS IS A MEME: WHY ALL THE GOOD SOCIAL MEDIA IS GAY
• MEMERS CHALLENGE GAY STEREOTYP JT TIME FOR PRI
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• THE LTLE MERMAID'S ORIGAL STORY IS REALLY ABOUT GAY LOVE AND REJECTN

GAY LTLE MONKEY BOY AT APPLE STORE

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27 GAY MEM SURE TO MAKE ANYONE LGH

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QUEERNS IS A MEME: WHY ALL THE GOOD SOCIAL MEDIA IS GAY

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MEMERS CHALLENGE GAY STEREOTYP JT TIME FOR PRI

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In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. 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, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

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.

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THE LTLE MERMAID'S ORIGAL STORY IS REALLY ABOUT GAY LOVE AND REJECTN

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