"Fagmaln Part One: Gay It Forward"

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• GAY IT FORWARD: A PERSON-TO-PERSON MUTUAL AID MOLAN EFFORT TO HELP EACH OTHER SURVIVE THIS PALISTIC HELLSPE.GAY MEN & BLOG BY ARMANDO SANCHEZ·FOLLOWPUBLISHED GAY MEN & BLOG·6 M READ·JUL 18, 2022--SHAREPHOTO BY JONATHAN SAAVEDRA ON UNSPLASHMONEY AND THE RISG ST OF LIVG IS A CHALLENGE CREATED BY PALISM THAT MOST OF ARE GRAPPLG WH ON OUR OWN. SOME PEOPLE HAVE FAY OR GENERATNAL WEALTH AS A SAFETY , BUT A LARGE NUMBER OF DO NOT, PECIALLY PEOPLE OF LOR, QUEER AND TRANS PEOPLE, DISABLED PEOPLE, AND IMMIGRANTS. BEG POOR OR NOT MAKG ENOUGH MONEY A PALIST SOCIETY RULTS EVICTN, HUNGER, LACK OF MEDIL ACCS, FURTHER BT ACCUMULATN, CHRONIC EMOTNAL AND MENTAL STRS, IMPRISONMENT, AND EVEN ATH. THE ERNMENT SYSTEMS MEANT TO HELP ARE UNRFUND AND LED WH BARRIERS TO ACCS. WE NNOT EXPECT A VIABLE SOLUTN TO THIS PROBLEM OM THE SYSTEM THAT CREAT AND ERNMENT STCTUR THAT ALLOW TO NTUE.AS A MENTAL HEALTH PROFSNAL, I SEE HOW A LACK OF MONEY AND FANCIAL SUPPORT RULTS MENTAL, EMOTNAL, PHYSIL, AND TERPERSONAL HARDSHIP. WE’RE FORCED TO LIVE A SOCIETY WHERE OUR LIVELIHOOD IS PENNT ON OUR ABILY TO WORK. WHOUT MONEY OR A WAY TO MAKE MONEY, LIFE BE IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE.COMMUNY-BASED FANCIAL SUPPORT, SUCH AS CROWDFUNDG AND MUTUAL AID FUNDS, HELP PEOPLE DIRE SUATNS. WHAT IF WE ULD TAKE A SIAR APPROACH TO HELP OTHERS ACHIEVE FANCIAL STABILY? WH THE GAY IT FORWARD MOL, I OFFER MY VISN OF HOW WE N WORK TO CREATE SUCH A WORLD.THE SPIR OF COLLECTIVISM
• THUNR ROSTER CNCH: VETERAN FORWARD RUDY GAY WAIVED
• "FAGMALN PART ONE: GAY IT FORWARD" QUIZ
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• GAY FORWARD
• GAY FORWARD: MIDWT QUEERNS AMIA

GAY IT FORWARD: A PERSON-TO-PERSON MUTUAL AID MOLAN EFFORT TO HELP EACH OTHER SURVIVE THIS PALISTIC HELLSPE.GAY MEN & BLOG BY ARMANDO SANCHEZ·FOLLOWPUBLISHED GAY MEN & BLOG·6 M READ·JUL 18, 2022--SHAREPHOTO BY JONATHAN SAAVEDRA ON UNSPLASHMONEY AND THE RISG ST OF LIVG IS A CHALLENGE CREATED BY PALISM THAT MOST OF ARE GRAPPLG WH ON OUR OWN. SOME PEOPLE HAVE FAY OR GENERATNAL WEALTH AS A SAFETY , BUT A LARGE NUMBER OF DO NOT, PECIALLY PEOPLE OF LOR, QUEER AND TRANS PEOPLE, DISABLED PEOPLE, AND IMMIGRANTS. BEG POOR OR NOT MAKG ENOUGH MONEY A PALIST SOCIETY RULTS EVICTN, HUNGER, LACK OF MEDIL ACCS, FURTHER BT ACCUMULATN, CHRONIC EMOTNAL AND MENTAL STRS, IMPRISONMENT, AND EVEN ATH. THE ERNMENT SYSTEMS MEANT TO HELP ARE UNRFUND AND LED WH BARRIERS TO ACCS. WE NNOT EXPECT A VIABLE SOLUTN TO THIS PROBLEM OM THE SYSTEM THAT CREAT AND ERNMENT STCTUR THAT ALLOW TO NTUE.AS A MENTAL HEALTH PROFSNAL, I SEE HOW A LACK OF MONEY AND FANCIAL SUPPORT RULTS MENTAL, EMOTNAL, PHYSIL, AND TERPERSONAL HARDSHIP. WE’RE FORCED TO LIVE A SOCIETY WHERE OUR LIVELIHOOD IS PENNT ON OUR ABILY TO WORK. WHOUT MONEY OR A WAY TO MAKE MONEY, LIFE BE IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE.COMMUNY-BASED FANCIAL SUPPORT, SUCH AS CROWDFUNDG AND MUTUAL AID FUNDS, HELP PEOPLE DIRE SUATNS. WHAT IF WE ULD TAKE A SIAR APPROACH TO HELP OTHERS ACHIEVE FANCIAL STABILY? WH THE GAY IT FORWARD MOL, I OFFER MY VISN OF HOW WE N WORK TO CREATE SUCH A WORLD.THE SPIR OF COLLECTIVISM

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THUNR ROSTER CNCH: VETERAN FORWARD RUDY GAY WAIVED

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.

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.

"FAGMALN PART ONE: GAY IT FORWARD" QUIZ

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. 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.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

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.

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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. After beg acquired earlier this month via tra, the Oklahoma Cy Thunr has waived Rudy this story:Oklahoma Cy ThunrUtah JazzAtlanta HawksAlthough he’s well beyond this prime, the almost 37-year-old forward Rudy Gay still has upsi he n offer to an NBA team. On Wednday eveng, Gay was officially waived by Oklahoma Cy, makg him a ee agent upon clearg waivers, acrdg to Shams Charania of The Thunr now has 20 players on full-time NBA ntracts for the 2023-24 season, but will need to cut that number to 15 the g months.

Even after waivg Gay, there’s still more cisns like this to be ma.

GAY FORWARD: MIDWT QUEERNS AMIA

We gay forward.