They began calling it Gay Beer while developing the product and it just stuck. Consumption of Gay Beer, they decided, would be inherently tied to supporting the queer community.įor the name, Moore and Pazmino said they never wanted something cutesy or punny. For Moore and Pazmino, this meant that the queer community would be centered in their work, with a percentage of proceeds going to organizations like the Center, Housing Works, and Project Renewal. They wanted a beer that could compete with the Bug Lights and Amstels of the world. Instead, what he and Pazmino wanted to create was, for lack of a better term, a consistent and good beer - not kitschy or campy, and not tied specifically to Pride. They were “these sort of Pride seasonal things, but they were always really comical,” says Moore. Is this possible? What does that look like? What does that mean? How is it impactful?”Īny “queer beers” that existed on the market at the time were mostly one-off brews from small craft brewers or outright novelties. “We went home and we just started talking about it. Together, they were trying to figure out why there wasn’t already a beer positioned more for queer people, which led Moore and Pazmino to realize that gay beer was a project they could take on themselves themselves. “We were just having some beers, and you know, we’re beer drinkers and most of our friends are,” says Pazmino. The pair were inspired while drinking at Julius’, a historic gay bar in New York City that was the site of early “sip-in” protests, where gay men would drink at bars that refused to serve homosexuals. Gay Beer was created by Jon Moore and Jason Pazmino, business partners and boyfriends, in 2017. Instead, buyers will state clearly that they want a Gay Beer. This is not “Equality” beer or “Love Is Love” beer. The names are, as you can read, explicit and euphemism free.
Gay Beer, Dyke Beer, and Queer Brewing are among the emerging group of beer producers that are centering queer identity and queer community, whether by highlighting queer brewers, donating some profits to queer charities, or creating queer third spaces - communal spaces distinct from home and work - at a time when they’re disappearing. Only now, some brewers are trying to change that.
There’s nothing inherently queer about buying a drink. Yes, there may be cocktails with euphemistic names, but a shot is a shot and a vodka soda is a vodka soda. What you’ll rarely hear, though, is that a gay bar is a gay bar because of the drinks. Some might say it’s the atmosphere, prevalence of rainbow flags or queer performances. For some, it’s the people who make up the customers and staff, for others the history. From his portrayal of a more vulnerable Bond to his cerise suit jacket on the red carpet, Daniel Craig has worked hard to defy expectations of masculinity – so it came as little surprise when the actor revealed he liked to frequent gay bars to avoid the “aggressive dick swinging” of hetero spaces.Ask what makes a gay bar gay and the answers will vary. “One of the reasons: because I don’t get into fights in gay bars that often.” “I’ve been going to gay bars for as long as I can remember,” Craig said on the podcast Lunch with Bruce. The 53-year-old said he started going to gay bars when he was young because he wanted to avoid ending up “being in a punch-up” during a night out, which he said happened “quite a lot” in straight venues.Ĭraig, who has been married to Rachel Weisz for a decade, also said that when he was single it was a good way to meet women. “ would just be a good place to go,” he said. You didn’t really have to sort of state your sexuality. The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão: They don’t often make them like this any more.Īnd I could meet girls there, cos there are a lot of girls there for exactly the same reason I was there.
The Movie Quiz: Pick out an official sequel to John Carpenter’s Halloween.His podcast comments were largely welcomed by the LGBT community on Thursday, though some felt uncomfortable about his attempts to meet women in gay spaces. “Okay, the last bit is a tad gross, but who amongst us hasn’t taken a straight friend to a gay bar who’s ended up pulling,” wrote the culture magazine the Glue.Ĭraig and the podcast’s host, Bruce Bozzi, who are old friends, also recalled being photographed hugging outside a gay bar in Venice Beach, California, in 2010, which at the time sparked tabloid speculation about Craig’s sexuality. We’re two f***ing grown men,” Craig said.