Photo by Tristan Billet on Unsplash The real world n still be a unwelg place for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) people. So perhaps is not surprisg that LGBTQ people are attracted to social VR and virtual worlds, as a way to nnect wh other queer people and create queer spac. (Please note that, as…
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- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- LGBTQ SPAC SOCIAL VR AND VIRTUAL WORLDS: GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANS, AND QUEER PLAC THE METAVERSE
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gay virt chat *
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.
LGBTQ SPAC SOCIAL VR AND VIRTUAL WORLDS: GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANS, AND QUEER PLAC THE METAVERSE
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. “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.
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