![]() On the heels of the Lavender Scare, when gay and lesbian government employees were forced from their jobs in 1950, protections for queer people in the workplace were virtually nonexistent (the first statewide protections for LGBT workers came in 1982, shout out Wisconsin). Long before corporations sponsored Pride parades, existing publicly as a queer person often meant being shut out of the job market entirely. In fact, just 50 years ago, a legendary boycott of Coors beer kicked off the queer labor movement. For starters, the mob’s only complaint seems to be that Mulvaney is a trans woman-a crime I commit every day-but the current movement against Bud Light doesn’t seem to know that, historically speaking, boycotting beer is one of the gayest things you can do. But as a queer person, witnessing this moment in the beverage’s foamy history feels particularly ironic. ![]() Kid Rock has shot cases of Bud Light country singer Travis Tritt banned the beer from his tour and an executive at Anheuser-Busch who oversaw the brand partnership has gone on leave as conservatives openly attempt to erase queer and trans people from public life.Īmerican beer has been politicized since before Prohibition-after all, that’s how we got Prohibition. She has since been subject to unrelenting harassment and truly unhinged reactions. In the ad Mulvaney holds five cans of the beer and says she is excited for March Madness. Amid 2023’s wave of anti-trans hate, right-wing beer drinkers are calling for a boycott of Bud Light-a beer that gay people definitely love-over its recent brand partnership with transgender actress Dylan Mulvaney.
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