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• COLOGNEPRI 2024COLOGNEPRI IS THE JOT MONSTRATN OF LBIANS, GAYS, BISEXUALS, PANSEXUALS, TRANSSEXUALS, TRANSGENRS AND TERSEXUALS AS WELL AS THEIR IENDS AND ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORT THEM.‍OUR GOAL REMAS FULL SOCIAL REGNN!TO THE REGISTRATNBUT COLOGNEPRI ALSO EXPRS SELF-NFINCE AND JOIE VIVRE. THE FACT THAT WE APPEAR AND MONSTRATE TOGETHER IS WHAT MAK THE CSD COLOGNE SO SUCCSFUL, SO STRONG, AND SO POLILLY AND SOCIALLY EFFECTIVE.ON THE ONE HAND, REMEMBRANCE OF THE EVENTS ON CHRISTOPHER STREET 1969, ON THE OTHER HAND, LOOKG FORWARD TO NTUE TO MONSTRATE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS, ACCEPTANCE AND SOCIAL REGNN OF GAYS, LBIANS, BISEXUALS, TRANSSEXUALS, TRANSGENRS AND TERSEXUALS.ZUR ANMELDUNGSTREET FTIVALDEMOBE A PART OF ...SPONSORGPROGRAMME BOOKLETFOR         HUMANRIGHTS MANY. TOGETHER. STRONG!"THE REGNN OF THE HERENT DIGNY AND OF THE LIKE AND ALIENABLE RIGHTS OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN MUNY [FORMS] THE BASIS OF EEDOM, JTICE AND PEACE THE WORLD..." READS THE PREAMBLE TO THE UNED NATNS UNIVERSAL DECLARATN OF HUMAN RIGHTS.IN THE LGBTIQ* MUNY, WE EXPERIENCE THAT THE HUMAN RIGHTS ARE NIED OR DISPUTED WHOLE OR PART. THAT EVEN WHERE THE PRCIPL OF THE LE OF LAW PREVAIL, WE HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THE SOCIAL REJECTN OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS.HUMAN RIGHTS ARE DIVISIBLE. WE NNOT, WILL NOT AND WILL NOT RENOUNCE ONE.IN S POLIL MANDS, COLOGNEPRI NAM 14 POTS THAT ARE DISPENSABLE FOR A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY. COLOGNEPRI LLS ON POLICS AND SOCIETY TO NAME AND OSTRACISE THE NIAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND TO FLUENCE THOSE WHO TYRANNILLY AND BARBARILLY TRAMPLE ON HUMAN RIGHTS; BE THEY DIVIDUALS, GROUPS OR ENTIRE STAT.BUT HOW N HUMAN RIGHTS BE MA TANGIBLE A PLURALISTIC AND DIVERSE WORLD? THEY MT BE VISIBLE! THEY MT BE DIVIDUAL AND YET THE SAME FOR EVERYONE!WH THIS YEAR'S MOTTO, COLOGNEPRI MAK POSSIBLE FOR ALL CSD PARTICIPANTS TO DIVIDUALLY ADAPT THE MOTTO TO THEIR OWN REALY OF LIFE AND TH BEE OR REMA VISIBLE.‍SO IS LBIAN RIGHTS, GAY RIGHTS, BI RIGHTS, TRANS RIGHTS, TER RIGHTS, PAN RIGHTS, GENR FLUID RIGHTS AND MANY MORE THAT ULTIMATELY ONLY ADD UP TO HUMAN AIM OF THIS UNIVERSAL AND YET VERY DIVIDUAL MOTTO 2023 IS TO BE APPLIBLE FOR SEVERAL YEARS IF POSSIBLE THE SENSE OF STAABILY. IN THIS WAY, DIVIDUALS AND GROUPS N E THE MOTTO „FOR        HUMANRIGHTS - MANY. TOGETHER. STRONG!" SIGN AND DIVIDUALISE FOR THEMSELV, NEW, MORE DIVERSE TERMS N BE ADD AND TH GENERATE LONG-TERM ATTENTN.HERE, THE UNRLE UNR THE WORD PEOPLE REPRENTS THIS DIVIDUALISATN OPTN. WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO PRENT THE MOTTO „FOR        HUMANRIGHTS" WH SO MANY DIFFERENT TERMS AND ARE VERY EXCED TO SEE WHICH TERMS BT SCRIBE YOU AND YOUR DIVIDUAL RIGHTS. HERE'S TO A SUCCSFUL, HIGHLY VISIBLE AND LOUD CSD 2023.WE ARE:MANY. TOGETHER. STRONG!STREETFTIVAL
• MISS GAY PRI OF PORTLAND 2023 PREVIEWS PORTLAND PRI FT, PARA
• GAY PRI COLOGNE (CSD)
• COLOGNE GAY PRI (CSD)
• ‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS

COLOGNEPRI 2024COLOGNEPRI IS THE JOT MONSTRATN OF LBIANS, GAYS, BISEXUALS, PANSEXUALS, TRANSSEXUALS, TRANSGENRS AND TERSEXUALS AS WELL AS THEIR IENDS AND ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORT THEM.‍OUR GOAL REMAS FULL SOCIAL REGNN!TO THE REGISTRATNBUT COLOGNEPRI ALSO EXPRS SELF-NFINCE AND JOIE VIVRE. THE FACT THAT WE APPEAR AND MONSTRATE TOGETHER IS WHAT MAK THE CSD COLOGNE SO SUCCSFUL, SO STRONG, AND SO POLILLY AND SOCIALLY EFFECTIVE.ON THE ONE HAND, REMEMBRANCE OF THE EVENTS ON CHRISTOPHER STREET 1969, ON THE OTHER HAND, LOOKG FORWARD TO NTUE TO MONSTRATE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS, ACCEPTANCE AND SOCIAL REGNN OF GAYS, LBIANS, BISEXUALS, TRANSSEXUALS, TRANSGENRS AND TERSEXUALS.ZUR ANMELDUNGSTREET FTIVALDEMOBE A PART OF ...SPONSORGPROGRAMME BOOKLETFOR         HUMANRIGHTS MANY. TOGETHER. STRONG!"THE REGNN OF THE HERENT DIGNY AND OF THE LIKE AND ALIENABLE RIGHTS OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN MUNY [FORMS] THE BASIS OF EEDOM, JTICE AND PEACE THE WORLD..." READS THE PREAMBLE TO THE UNED NATNS UNIVERSAL DECLARATN OF HUMAN RIGHTS.IN THE LGBTIQ* MUNY, WE EXPERIENCE THAT THE HUMAN RIGHTS ARE NIED OR DISPUTED WHOLE OR PART. THAT EVEN WHERE THE PRCIPL OF THE LE OF LAW PREVAIL, WE HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THE SOCIAL REJECTN OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS.HUMAN RIGHTS ARE DIVISIBLE. WE NNOT, WILL NOT AND WILL NOT RENOUNCE ONE.IN S POLIL MANDS, COLOGNEPRI NAM 14 POTS THAT ARE DISPENSABLE FOR A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY. COLOGNEPRI LLS ON POLICS AND SOCIETY TO NAME AND OSTRACISE THE NIAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND TO FLUENCE THOSE WHO TYRANNILLY AND BARBARILLY TRAMPLE ON HUMAN RIGHTS; BE THEY DIVIDUALS, GROUPS OR ENTIRE STAT.BUT HOW N HUMAN RIGHTS BE MA TANGIBLE A PLURALISTIC AND DIVERSE WORLD? THEY MT BE VISIBLE! THEY MT BE DIVIDUAL AND YET THE SAME FOR EVERYONE!WH THIS YEAR'S MOTTO, COLOGNEPRI MAK POSSIBLE FOR ALL CSD PARTICIPANTS TO DIVIDUALLY ADAPT THE MOTTO TO THEIR OWN REALY OF LIFE AND TH BEE OR REMA VISIBLE.‍SO IS LBIAN RIGHTS, GAY RIGHTS, BI RIGHTS, TRANS RIGHTS, TER RIGHTS, PAN RIGHTS, GENR FLUID RIGHTS AND MANY MORE THAT ULTIMATELY ONLY ADD UP TO HUMAN AIM OF THIS UNIVERSAL AND YET VERY DIVIDUAL MOTTO 2023 IS TO BE APPLIBLE FOR SEVERAL YEARS IF POSSIBLE THE SENSE OF STAABILY. IN THIS WAY, DIVIDUALS AND GROUPS N E THE MOTTO „FOR        HUMANRIGHTS - MANY. TOGETHER. STRONG!" SIGN AND DIVIDUALISE FOR THEMSELV, NEW, MORE DIVERSE TERMS N BE ADD AND TH GENERATE LONG-TERM ATTENTN.HERE, THE UNRLE UNR THE WORD PEOPLE REPRENTS THIS DIVIDUALISATN OPTN. WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO PRENT THE MOTTO „FOR        HUMANRIGHTS" WH SO MANY DIFFERENT TERMS AND ARE VERY EXCED TO SEE WHICH TERMS BT SCRIBE YOU AND YOUR DIVIDUAL RIGHTS. HERE'S TO A SUCCSFUL, HIGHLY VISIBLE AND LOUD CSD 2023.WE ARE:MANY. TOGETHER. STRONG!STREETFTIVAL

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.

MISS GAY PRI OF PORTLAND 2023 PREVIEWS PORTLAND PRI FT, PARA

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 PRI COLOGNE (CSD)

“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.

COLOGNE GAY PRI (CSD)

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. July 2024ColognePri is the jot monstratn of lbians, gays, bisexuals, pansexuals, transsexuals, transgenrs and tersexuals as well as their iends and all those who support them.

‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS

The fact that we appear and monstrate together is what mak the CSD Cologne so succsful, so strong, and so polilly and socially the one hand, remembrance of the events on Christopher Street 1969, on the other hand, lookg forward to ntue to monstrate for equal rights, acceptance and social regnn of gays, lbians, bisexuals, transsexuals, transgenrs and HUMANRIGHTS MANY. ‍So is lbian rights, gay rights, bi rights, trans rights, ter rights, pan rights, genr fluid rights and many more that ultimately only add up to human aim of this universal and yet very dividual motto 2023 is to be applible for several years if possible the sense of staabily. Flawls Sha, Miss Gay Pri of Portland 2023, is exced for the muny to gather for the ftivi — pecially after the COVID-19 panmic.