Fact Check: Has Ford Rolled Out an LGBT 'Very Gay Raptor' Tck?

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Is the "Very Gay Raptor" a social media hoax or a real thg om Ford Motor Co.? Here's the unsettlg answer.

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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 * ford very gay raptor *

“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.

FORD VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD

Ford is gog beyond last year's Very Gay Ranger wh the new Very Gay Raptor. It drs a Ranger Raptor a Pri flag rabow body and gold accents. * ford very gay raptor *

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.

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.

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

Ford builds Very Gay Raptor out of a Ranger Raptor Special Edn a strong stance agast homophobia. It buts at Christopher Street Day Cologne. * ford very gay raptor *

0-lre EBoost V6 homologated CO2 emissns 315 g/km and homologated fuel efficiency om 13. 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.

IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?

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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.

" 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. Its orig was someone on social media llg the tomaker's Performance Blue lor "very gay.

FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT

Jt unr a year ago, Ford created the 'Very Gay Raptor' rponse to a ment ma about the Ford Rang... * ford very gay raptor *

" 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.

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FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?

An onle menter lled the new Ford Raptor Ranger "gay," so Ford created the #VeryGayRaptor time for Berl's Pri celebratns. * ford very gay raptor *

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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. "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 .

FORD'S VERY GAY RAPTOR READY FOR GOODWOOD ACTN

Is the "Very Gay Raptor" a social media hoax or a real thg om Ford Motor Co.? Here's the unsettlg answer. * ford very gay raptor *

-But that blue lor is very Gay!! ‘Very Gay’ was a pliment, right?

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

"You asked Ford to make the Very Gay Raptor a realy… and we heard you." * ford very gay raptor *

✨? #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 created a tck lled the "Very Gay Raptor. ContextThe "Very Gay Raptor" is a real tck created by Ford 2021.

FORD UNVEILED A 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO A HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTER

The Very Gay Ranger Raptor is Ford's rponse to discrimatory ments ma over this tck's Performance Blue pat beg "very gay." * ford very gay raptor *

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.

FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?

" 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. 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.

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

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. 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. "Fact or Fictn: Ford Built a 'Very Gay' Raptor?

“VERY GAY RAPTOR” BUILT BY FORD

It was also created due to a specific, negative social media menter that lled the Raptor's origal lor of Performance Blue "very gay.

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

" As such, Ford specifilly named this pickup the Very Gay Raptor. 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.

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

Addnally, Ford's GLOBE (Gay, Lbian, or Bisexual Employe) work celebrat s 25th anniversary this year, supportg LGBTQ+ employe and diversy the workplace.

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

The Very Gay Raptor will be on display Cologne through Augt 28 and partake the annual ColognePri 2021 para on Sunday.

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

It looks like the Ford executiv who uld have stopped their brand om beg the “Bud Light of Tcks” had already done the ed a year ago, when they ran the “Very Gay Raptor” — y, that is s real name — at a major motorsports event. The ad featur the Worlds Strongt Men to nvce you how tough the new “Very Gay Raptor” really is! The ad shared by London featur Rob Kearney, the first openly gay petor the World’s Strongt Man petn, talkg up the allyship he found the event.

THE FORD VERY GAY RAPTOR IS HERE TO BREAK THE TER

Others also recently posted promotnal vios of the “Very Gay Raptor, ” a rabow flag-becked versn of the $56, 000-pl tw-turbo performance tck:.

The only thg that’s wrong about the statements is that the “Very Gay Raptor” isn’t somethg new. “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, ” Ford said a news release last June, clarg that the tck would “refe ‘tough. “Created 2021, ‘Very Gay Raptor’ was born rponse to a negative ment on social media, wh Ford renrg s most bada** nameplate sparklg gold adorned wh rabow graphics, ” the news release said.

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