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Contents:

• SHERIFF WATERS SAYS NDIDATE MIKE GAY’S MAILER ATTEMPTS TO ‘CEIVE’ VOTERS
• MIKE GAY FORCITY COUNCIL
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• REPUBLINS MIKE GAY, LDSEY BROCK ADVANCE TO JACKSONVILLE CY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 NOFF
• MIKE GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
• MICHAEL GAY
• ‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS
• MIKE GAY, CY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 2
• FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL SPIRED A CHILLG WAVE OF REPUBLIN LEGISLATN

SHERIFF WATERS SAYS NDIDATE MIKE GAY’S MAILER ATTEMPTS TO ‘CEIVE’ VOTERS

Waters sent a sthg msage to Cy Council District 2 ndidate Mike Gay for a mpaign mailer that Waters said implied the sheriff supports Gay.

MIKE GAY FORCITY COUNCIL

However, Waters supports Ldsey Brock, who is Gay’s opponent. “This implitn that I support your mpaign is a blatant attempt to ceive the voters of Jacksonville, ” Waters said a statement to Gay. The mailer shows a photo of Waters and Gay shakg hands and a quote that reads: “Received unprecented endorsements & support om lol lears & fah-based anizatns.

“Let me be perfectly clear: I do not support you, ” Waters said the statement to Gay Thursday. Republins Mike Gay and Ldsey Brock are headg to the May 16 noff electn for Cy Council District 2.

Florida’s Voice reached out to the Mike Gay mpaign but did not receive an immediate rponse. No one wh human cency wants trans or gay people ad or whout rights … God bls them all … but ’s 1000% valid as a parent or adult to be ncerned about the observable movement to fluence children.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

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.

REPUBLINS MIKE GAY, LDSEY BROCK ADVANCE TO JACKSONVILLE CY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 NOFF

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.

MIKE GAY

“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.”.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

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.

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

Mike Gay for Cy Council.

MICHAEL GAY

Mike Gay Inspirg Change. As a proud Jacksonville, Florida native, Mike Gay is dited to servg our muny, leadg wh fah, and spirg change. Mike Gay and his wife, Maleana, are Jacksonville, Florida nativ who have three children and live on the Northsi.

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

Gay Constctors. Gay Constctors has crews that perform work throughout multiple stat the southern Uned Stat. Gay Constctors’ work n be observed all over the Cy of Jacksonville, cludg the TIAA Stadium, Jacksonville Jaguars door and outdoor practice fields, Veterans Memorial Arena, Jumbo Shrimp Stadium, Universy of North Florida track and soccer stadium, and Jacksonville Universy’s ball fields.

-- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar 's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game Associated Prs ntributed to this report.

MIKE GAY, CY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 2

Republin ndidate for Jacksonville Cy Council District 11 Norman Brewer and Republin ndidate for Jacksonville Cy Council District 2 Mike Gay held a prs nference claimg they are “embarrassed” by their own party for “misleadg” voters wh “h piec” agast them.

Gay announced a public vatn for the prs nference that was held ont of Jacksonville Cy Hall Tuday. Brewer said his and Gay’s “biggt ncern” is the voters who are “gettg false rmatn.

Gay said he is ncerned about “dark money” beg funneled to other mpaigns. Florida’s Voice asked Brewer and Gay if they believe this is a real issue or if they are “upset” that their ndidat tend to lose. “No, that’s not , ” Gay said.

FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL SPIRED A CHILLG WAVE OF REPUBLIN LEGISLATN

Jacksonville Cy Council District 2 ndidat Ldsay Brock, Jennifer Casey and Mike Gay. Republins Mike Gay and Ldsey Brock will face each other aga a May 16 noff for Jacksonville Cy Council District 2 bee none of the three Republins the race managed to w a majory of the vote. Polil newer Gay, who had the endorsement of outgog Councilman Al Ferraro, touted his 33 years of bs experience.