In Rponse to a Hateful Comment, Ford Rolls Out ‘The Very Gay Raptor’ • Instct Magaze

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

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.

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.

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

" 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.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY'S SUPPORT OF GAY AND LBIAN -TTH!

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. 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!

DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS

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. 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:.

FORD IS THE ONLY COMPANY LEFT SUPPORTG BASILLY ANTI-GAY PARA

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. 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.

IN RPONSE TO A HATEFUL COMMENT, FORD ROLLS OUT ‘THE VERY GAY RAPTOR’

(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.

FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD

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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. Ford Motor Company’s Support of Gay & Lbian Cs-Tth!