Stigmatised gay, bisexual and transgenr Syrian refuge who survived sexual vlence war are stgglg to get medil or mental health re, human rights groups said on Wednday.
Contents:
- MISS MANNERS: NOSY WOMEN AT RETIREMENT MUNY ASK RINT ‘ARE YOU GAY?’ DURG DNER
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- GAY LIFE SYRIA: AN INTERVIEW WH A GAY 'REFUGEE'
- GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
MISS MANNERS: NOSY WOMEN AT RETIREMENT MUNY ASK RINT ‘ARE YOU GAY?’ DURG DNER
The 77-page report, “‘They Treated Us Monstro Ways’: Sexual Vlence Agast Men, Boys, and Transgenr Women the Syrian Conflict,” found that men and boys have been vulnerable to sexual vlence the Syrian nflict sce began. People Human Rights Watch terviewed said that gay and bisexual men, transgenr women, and nonbary people were subject to creased vlence based on their actual or perceived sexual orientatn or genr inty. Transgenr women are often perceived as gay men Syria and are targeted for the same reasons. * syrian gay *
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ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
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GAY LIFE SYRIA: AN INTERVIEW WH A GAY 'REFUGEE'
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. “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.
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.
GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN
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. 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. Heterosexual men and boys are vulnerable to sexual vlence Syria, but men who are gay or bisexual—or perceived to be—and transgenr women are particularly at risk.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
This report is based on terviews Human Rights Watch nducted Lebanon wh 40 gay and bisexual men and transgenr women—some of whom were perceived by perpetrators to be gay men—and non-bary dividuals, as well as 4 heterosexual men.
Acrdg to terviewe, gay and bisexual men and transgenr women are subject to creased and tensified vlence based on actual or perceived sexual orientatn or genr inty. Provi targeted medil servic to male and gay, bisexual, and transgenr (GBT) survivors of sexual vlence, addn to the targeted servic for women and girls. This report foc on the experienc of gay and bisexual men and transgenr women who are survivors of nflict-related sexual vlence Syria orr to highlight the specific vulnerabili surroundg real and perceived sexual orientatn and genr inty.