“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
Contents:
- CONSERVATIVE GROUPS BOYTT FORD MOTOR CO. OVER GAY RIGHTS SUPPORT
- FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY'S SUPPORT OF GAY AND LBIAN -TTH!
- DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS
- FORD IS THE ONLY COMPANY LEFT SUPPORTG BASILLY ANTI-GAY PARA
- IN RPONSE TO A HATEFUL COMMENT, FORD ROLLS OUT ‘THE VERY GAY RAPTOR’
- FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD
CONSERVATIVE GROUPS BOYTT FORD MOTOR CO. OVER GAY RIGHTS SUPPORT
Conservative groups lled for a boytt of Ford Motor Co. on Monday, sayg the tomaker failed to keep an agreement to stop supportg gay rights anizatns. * does ford support gay rights *
It’s crazy that this even needs to be said, but all LGBTQ people should boytt the Herage of Pri until they make sure none of the sponsors fund anti-gay legislatn. Dpe not weighg on the Dylan Mulvaney-Bud Light ntroversy, Ford has ma their allyship well last summer, Ford lnched their ‘Very Gay Raptor’ (VGR) at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed. — Em McKiernan (@EieMcKiernan) April 6, 2023 View Tweet For support via phone, one-to-one chat or email you n ntact The Gay, Lbian, Bisexual and Transgenr Natnal Hotle: (888) 843-4564.
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.
FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
Is the "Very Gay Raptor" a social media hoax or a real thg om Ford Motor Co.? Here's the unsettlg answer. * does ford support gay rights *
Lotn: Fully Remote Grdr offers a platform for members of the gay, bisexual, transgenr and other queer muni to explore datg optns and nnect wh fellow ers their area. WASHINGTON – Neteen nservative groups said Monday they would restate a boytt of Ford Motor Co., ntendg the tomaker reneged on an agreement to stop supportg gay rights groups set up a Web se urgg supporters not to buy Ford vehicl after the tomaker said last December would ntue nng advertisements gay publitns. "Ford has the right to fancially support homosexual groups promotg homosexual marriage, but at the same time nsumers have a right not to purchase tomobil ma by Ford, " said AFA Chairman Donald Wildmon a, a statement, said was "proud of s tradn of treatg all wh rpect and we rema foced on what we do bt, buildg and sellg the most novative rs and tcks worldwi.
" Ford spokwoman Kathleen Vok cled further December, Ford said would stop advertisg s Jaguar and Land Rover luxury brands gay publitns to rce marketg sts. But several gay rights groups raised ncerns about the plan and met wh the tomaker, leadg to Ford's announcement that would place rporate ads featurg all eight of s brands gay Laymon, Ford's group vice print for rporate human rourc, said December he hoped the cisn would "remove any ambiguy about Ford's sire to advertise to all important dienc and put this particular issue to rt. "Gay rights anizatns cricized the boytt.
Brad Luna, spokman for the Human Rights Campaign, the natn's largt gay rights anizatn, said "clear trends towards fairns, nondiscrimatn, cln and acceptance of gays rporate Ameri are unstoppable.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY'S SUPPORT OF GAY AND LBIAN -TTH!
Ne of the biggt, most LGBTQ-supportive rporatns Ameri gave about $1 ln or more each to anti-gay policians the last electn cycle. Compani like AT&T, UPS, Comst, Home Depot and General Electric. All told, their donatns totaled almost $15 ln. * does ford support gay rights *
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.
DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS
Ford Is The Only Company Left Supportg Basilly Anti-Gay Para * does ford support gay rights *
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.
‘Very Gay’ was a pliment, right? ✨? #VeryGayRaptor.
FORD IS THE ONLY COMPANY LEFT SUPPORTG BASILLY ANTI-GAY PARA
Footage of the “Very Gay Raptor” also featur promently a rep of Ford’s numero petn rs and productn specials at Goodwood last year:. Whereas prevly an ostentatly woke mpaign specifilly targetg nsumer products that are cidly unwoke would fly unr the radar for most people, the “Very Gay Raptor” sudnly seems like a “Very Bad Ia” — particularly for a pany stgglg other areas at prent that has to sell the Ford Ranger Raptor to a mostly male, generally nservative clientele that’s not nsirg a sendhand Nissan Leaf the Raptor’s stead. (Before Mulvaney), ’ll be cur to see what Ford do wh the “Very Gay Raptor” and what kd of publicy gets over the next few months.
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Acrdg to their Web se, the Republin Uny Coaln works to make “homosexualy a “‘non-issue’ for the Republin Party. “I have always believed an clive policy, welg gays and others to the party, ” said Ford Price’s terview.
IN RPONSE TO A HATEFUL COMMENT, FORD ROLLS OUT ‘THE VERY GAY RAPTOR’
Ford Motor Company’s Support of Gay & Lbian Cs-Tth!
FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD
Summary of eRumor:This wily circulated eRumor is a forward of an alert om the Amerin Fay Associatn, a Conservative watchdog group urg a boytt of Ford Motor Company bee of the pany’s support of var gay and lbian Tth:The Ford Motor pany, eher through s pany polici or through donatns, has been supportive of several gay and lbian goals. Exampl, mostly om the Ford Motor Company se:In a prs release dated 2/1/05, Ford announced a pledge of $250, 000 to the “Affirmatns Lbian and Gay Communy Center the Detro suburb of Ferndale, one of the largt donatns ever ma om a fortune 500 pany to a lbian, bisexual and transgenr (GLBT) March, 2004, the -founr of Ford’s gay, lbian or bisexual employe group (GLOBE) was honored by the Affirmatns Lbian and Gay Communy April, 2004, Volvo Cars of North Amerin (a divisn of Ford) was given an Advertisg Rearch Foundatn award for ’s mpaign targetg GLBT June, 2004, Diversy Inc. Named Ford as among the top 10 pani for GLBT July, 2004, Ford beme the first of the Big-3 to pani to add “Genr Inty” as a protected July, 2002, Ford hired Weck/Combs Communitns to handle their advertisg to the gay and lbian market, acrdg to the Weck/Combs webse.
(BP)–A one-year boytt of the Ford Motor Company by pro-fay groups is nearg an end but uld be extend bee the pany has done ltle, if anythg, to addrs ncerns over s support of homosexual activism, a spokman for the Amerin Fay Associatn and more than 30 other nservative groups lnched the boytt March 13, urgg Christians not to buy rs om Ford or s seven other brands: Lln, Mercury, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, Aston Mart and Mazda.
The groups poted to Ford’s fancial support of anizatns such as the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, s sponsorship of “gay pri” events and s advertisg homosexual magaz and televisn nearly one year later, ltle seems to have changed at the pany, spe a signifint drop sal — which the boyttg anizatns take at least a partial cred for.