6 Reasons ‘Pkwashg’ Israel on Gay Rights Is So Wrong – The Forward

Contents:

• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE RIGHT-WG AND GAY ISRAEL
• DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
• IS IT ILLEGAL TO BE GAY IN ISRAEL?
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• 6 REASONS ‘PKWASHG’ ISRAEL ON GAY RIGHTS IS SO WRONG

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. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021.

Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. Sign up for the daily Insi Washgton email for exclive US verage and analysis sent to your boxGet our ee Insi Washgton emailRepublins Congrs largely remaed silent and did not appld when Israeli Print Isaac Herzog mentned how Israel holds one of the largt gay pri paras Tel Aviv after givg him numero appls throughout his jot addrs to Congrs on Wednday.

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.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

“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. 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.

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.

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE RIGHT-WG AND GAY ISRAEL

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.

Right-leang LGBTQ voters have found a polil home the Relig Znism alliance, spe s history of homophobiaSep 30, 2022Sep 30, 2022Their love was sparked by Esther Hayut. Lol NewsMIAMI – The diplomatic ti between the Uned Stat and Jamai uld soon be are reports that Jamai is refg to accred the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat.

Every June, the cy wel hundreds of thoands of ternatnal visors and revelers for Tel Aviv Gay Pri, an epic and unsurpassed daytime street party along the shor of the Mederranean Sea.

DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT

The Tel Aviv Gay Center is a muny center loted the heart of Tel Aviv. The Center serv as the epicenter of gay life for lol and visg LGBTQ+ dividuals to seek rourc and stay nnected wh the muny. For beach lovers, there are and of powry sand beach suated along the Mederranean Sea, yet one stands out as the unofficial gay beach of the cy: Hilton Beach (the beach ont of Tel Aviv’s Hilton Hotel) featur a seasi fé wh a full-service menu and endls hours of people-watchg.

Also known as “the cy that never sleeps” there are a plethora of gay and lbian bars loted throughout Tel Aviv. In June, over half a ln visors attend the annual Tel Aviv Gay Pri.

IS IT ILLEGAL TO BE GAY IN ISRAEL?

Is It Illegal To Be Gay In Israel?

In the year 1988, Israel crimalized homosexualy, and sce then, the untry has enacted several anti-discrimatn laws to protect LGBTQ dividuals om discrimatn employment, hog, and public acmodatns. Jacksonville Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen cid on Thursday to e out publicly as gay hop of livg his life whout fear and to spire others. In Febary 2022, Maxen reached out to NFL player Carl Nassib, who me out as gay 2021, to seek advice.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

So, let’s look closely at one recent example: last week’s full-page ad the New York Tim proclaimg “Hamas, ISIS, and Iran kill gays like me – Israel, I am ee, ” together wh supportg blog posts and Jesalem Post puff piec. Ined, pkwashg ually don’t mentn the issu, bee pkwashg’s logic is extremely blunt: we like gays, so gays (and liberals) should like .

Now, as I have wrten many tim before, not all Israeli gay msagg is pkwashg.

6 REASONS ‘PKWASHG’ ISRAEL ON GAY RIGHTS IS SO WRONG

Some – I would gus most – is pla old PR meant to attract gay tourists to Tel Aviv. Of urse, pkwashers’ data is que selective; they rarely mentn the thrivg gay scene Beit, for example, and exaggerate the level of anti-gay vlence the Wt Bank.

You’d be opposg nservative efforts to make anti-gay “fay valu” a human right at the Uned Natns.

They’re only for “gay rights” when sus their propagandistic terts. The dough-faced gay boy Shmuley’s ad, Rennick Remley, is actually a longtime low-level Republin operative. The are the same Republins who have fought for s to renr my marriage null and void, who ntue to oppose nondiscrimatn protectns for gay people, and who are csadg, state by state, to ero LGBT equaly the name of “relig eedom.