If you say beg gay is not Ain, you don’t know your history | Bisi Alimi | The Guardian

Contents:

• WATCH VIRAL FOOTAGE OF KG VON ADMTG TO BEG GAY TO THE POLICE
• WHERE IS IT ILLEGAL TO BE GAY AI?
• 5 BT GAY BLACK DATG S & APPS TO FD THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE
• MISS MANNERS: NOSY WOMEN AT RETIREMENT MUNY ASK RINT ‘ARE YOU GAY?’ DURG DNER
• IF YOU SAY BEG GAY IS NOT AIN, YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR HISTORY
• AM I GAY?
• ON GAY RIGHTS, YOUNG AINS SHARE THE TOLERANCE OF THEIR ELRS
• AM I GAY? QUIZ – 100% RELIABLE TT
• HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
• HOW GAY ARE YOU?

WATCH VIRAL FOOTAGE OF KG VON ADMTG TO BEG GAY TO THE POLICE

He had been anonymo until Wednday's his openg statement, Ziegler emphasized that he is a gay man and a registered Democrat who has been acced of betrayg his party. 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.

WHERE IS IT ILLEGAL TO BE GAY AI?

“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. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny. “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.

5 BT GAY BLACK DATG S & APPS TO FD THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE

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. 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.”.

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. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a woman.He said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.

MISS MANNERS: NOSY WOMEN AT RETIREMENT MUNY ASK RINT ‘ARE YOU GAY?’ DURG DNER

There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough".He said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'".When Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3,000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance blossomed.Three years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos".He relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife."Danny Beard on Same Sex Love and MarriageDanny explor same-sex weddgs, fdg out why upl chose to get married, the challeng unrpng this cisn and what mak the wedd relatnships work.The uple said they now wanted to help people who were not as ee and strive for "equaly for everyone"."Now I'm here a safe place I want to fight for others to be able to marry who they want," Adam said."I'm so lucky but I want everyone else Sdi to marry the one they love whout facg discrimatn and persecutn." Image source, Fay photographImage ptn, Peter McGrah and David Cabreza say they are "very proud" to have been the first same-sex uple married EnglandMore than 40,000 same-sex marriag took place between 2014 and 2020, acrdg to the Office for Natnal StatisticsPeter McGrah and David Cabreza, origally om Stland and the US, ma history when they beme the first same-sex uple to marry England on 29 March 2014.The trailblazers married jt after midnight at Islgton Town Hall. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage"."It was so sweet seeg him so happy," Mr Cabreza said.

IF YOU SAY BEG GAY IS NOT AIN, YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR HISTORY

The late rapper’s rerd label released one of his albums dubbed “Grandsos” last week, and this week there’s a viral vio of Kg Von admtg to the police officers that he was gay, and social media is gog nuts.

The vio first posted by DJ Akamiks saw Kg Von requtg that police officers put him protective ctody bee he was gay and hence uld be attacked a regular jail cell. The late 26-year-old never admted publicly that he was homosexual or gave any sign that fans would notice, hence the vio shockg fans. However, on Tuday, footage went viral of the “Took Her to the O” rapper claimg to be gay so that he uld be moved to PC, durg a stt behd bars.

AM I GAY?

Across much of Ai, gay people face discrimatn, persecutn, and potentially even East Ain untry of Tanzania has been crackg down on exprsns of homosexualy recently.

The home affairs mister has threatened to shut down NGOs promotg gay rights, while even the print has weighed , statg somewhat bizarrely that "even ws disapprove" of same-sex attu is ditive of wispread social norms, and ed laws, across much of the ntent. Thirty-three Ain untri crimalize homosexual behavr and/or attractn, out of a total of 54 's a map and tails of where 's illegal to be gay Ai. This map, provid by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA), shows where homosexual activi or clatns are crimalized, cludg thirty-three Ain untri.

AngolaSexually-active gay people n have secury measur imposed on them, cludg probatn or ternment a workhoe or farmg lony for up to three years. BotswanaAnyone who has "rnal knowledge of any person agast the orr of nature"—a phrase often ed legal s to refer to homosexual activy—n be sentenced to prison for up to seven years. BundiThe East Ain state punish homosexual activy wh imprisonment of up to two years and a fe of up to 100, 000 Bundian ancs ($58).

ON GAY RIGHTS, YOUNG AINS SHARE THE TOLERANCE OF THEIR ELRS

Members of Ain gay and lbian muni monstrate at the Nairobi World Social Fom venue Kasarani, Nairobi, Kenya, on January 23, 2007. ComorosThe archipelago off Ai's east ast punish gay sex wh a prison sentence of up to five years and 1 ln Comorian ancs ($2, 322).

EgyptEgyptian law do not specifilly proscribe nsensual homosexual relatns between adults, but other laws—cludg those banng bchery and prostutn—have been ed to imprison gay men the past. EthpiaThe Horn of Ai untry punish "a homosexual act, or any other cent act" wh simple imprisonment, wh no specified sentence.

GambiaThe ty Wt Ain untry punish sexually-active gay people wh prison terms of up to 14 years; oral and anal sex are clud unr the law. Members of the South Ain Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr and Intersex (LGBTI) muny chant slogans as they take part the annual Gay Pri Para, as part of the three-day Durban Pri Ftival, Durban, South Ai, on June 24. KenyaThe East Ain giant punish homosexual sex between men wh 14 years' imprisonment, which go up to 21 years if is not nsensual.

AM I GAY? QUIZ – 100% RELIABLE TT

LiberiaLiberian law f homosexualy—along wh oral sex and sex or sexual touchg between unmarried heterosexual persons—as "viate sexual terurse, " which is classed as a first-gree mismeanour rryg a one-year prison sentence.

MalawiHomosexual activy is punishable by 14 years' imprisonment, potentially wh rporal punishment (such as ng or floggg). MraniaThe Islamic republic prcrib ath by stong for men who have homosexual sex, though has had a facto moratorium on the penalty for almost 30 years. Homosexual activy between women is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fe of up to 60, 000 Mranian ouguiya ($167).

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY

A crowd gathers outsi the Unguwar Jaki Upper Sharia Court the northern Nigerian cy of Bchi durg the trial of seven spected homosexuals on January 22, 2014.

HOW GAY ARE YOU?

Twelve Nigerian stat prcribe the ath penalty for male homosexualy unr sharia law, although is rarely enforced. Twelve stat northern Nigeria—which is predomantly Mlim—have adopted shariah law, unr which the maximum penalty for homosexual activy between men is ath, and for women is whippg and/or imprisonment. In southern areas ntrolled by Al-Shabab, a strict terpretatn of sharia law is implemented and homosexual sex is punishable by SudanThe world's youngt untry punish what lls "rnal terurse agast the orr of nature" wh a prison sentence of up to 10 years.

It also proscrib qadhf—falsely accg someone of homosexualy or other forms of sexual activy forbidn unr South Sudane law—and the offense rri a penalty of 80 lash. A gay uple, who wish to rema anonymo, who fled adly persecutn their home untry due to their sexual-orientatn is pictured durg an terview the Kenyan pal, Nairobi, on January 12, 2012.