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Dylan Mulvaney, a young man who has been impersonating a teenage girl for the past two years, was named "Woman of the Year" by Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards (a partnership of Virgin Airlines and Attitude Magazine--a bi-monthly celebrating the gay lifestyle). Editor Matt Cain called Mulvaney "a truly remarkable person who has had a surreally large impact in the advertising world. Her appearance on a can of Bud Light Beer ignited a boycott that knocked the brand off its top spot in the market and cost the company 30% of its market share. No single advocate for temperance has ever...

A man is not a woman. A man is not Woman of the Year. Yet, here we are.At an awards ceremony in the U.K., Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards named Dylan Mulvaney, an American transgender activist and social media influencer, as Woman of the Year. The ceremony was for an LGBT magazine for the U.K. and Europe. Mulvaney attended the ceremony. When he accepted the award, he said that it has been 560 days since he started transitioning. That’s a long grift for social media. Dylan said some people “don’t see me as a woman at all.” Boos came from the...

Gay lifestyle magazine Attitude is facing backlash after naming transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney as its 'Woman of the Year.' The US TikTok star, who documented her transition on the video sharing platform last year, accepted the title this week at the Virgin Atlantic sponsored awards bash in London. But critics slammed the decision, accusing the awards of 'gaslighting women everywhere' with prominent feminist campaigner Maya Forstater calling it an 'insult.' In her acceptance speech Mulvaney said being honoured with the gong 'from a queer publication' 'means so much more to me.' She said: 'Some see me as the woman of...

Frustrated former employees of Anheuser-Busch complained that “incompetent” leadership at the beer company had cowered in fear to the criticism it faced for partnering with Dylan Mulvaney last April, and should’ve doubled down in supporting the transgender influencer. “I really wish that we had stuck to our guns and said: ‘We did this; beer is for everyone; get over it,'” one ex-employee told The Guardian. The media outlet spoke to several former employees on the condition of anonymity about their experience working for the beer giant while they dealt with “one of the biggest boycotts in US history.” Bud Light...

Bud Light, which has been displaced as the nation’s top-selling beer following the Dylan Mulvaney fiasco, is in danger of falling farther behind its rivals when retailers reset shelf space this fall. Wholesalers, industry experts, and a former Anheuser-Busch executive told ABC News on Friday that Bud Light could lose refrigerator space at retailers such as Walmart and 7-Eleven. “During a busy shopping period on a Friday or Saturday night, if you don’t have the beer available cold on the shelf, consumers pick something else,” former Anheuser-Busch InBev executive Anson Frericks told ABC News. Frericks said that shelf space is...

Bud Light’s sales are still floundering months after its disastrous partnership with transgender TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney — and drinkers of America’s former top-selling beer are “just lost forever.” “You see Bud Light still just stubbornly down around 30% in volume compared to last year, which is where it’s been since May or June,” Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher told Fox News Digital Friday. “That tells me that this is quasi-permanent, meaning those consumers are just lost forever.” Schuhmacher’s remarks come less than a month after it was revealed the Anheuser-Busch InBev-owned company had won back 15% of its...

YouTuber MrBeast and TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney took hop top honors at the 2023 Streamy Awards, dubbed “creators’ biggest night.” The Streamys aim to celebrate excellence in online video and the creators behind it, and 2023 marks the 13th iteration of the awards ceremony. MrBeast won Creator of the Year, while Mulvaney took home the Breakout Creator award. “532 days ago, I made a coming-out video that turned into my ‘Days of Girlhood’ series, and my life has been changed for the better,” Mulvaney said in her speech. “But on the flip side, there’s also been an extreme amount of...

Former champion gymnast Jennifer Sey laughed at soccer all-star Megan Rapinoe over her recent comments shrugging off the ability of trans athletes participating in women's sports. ... 1986 U.S. National Gymnastics gold medalist .. cited a 2017 match between the U.S. Women's Soccer team and a team made up of 15-year-old high school boys and how the pro-athletes were defeated by the group of male adolescents. ... the best women's soccer team in the world lost to 15-year-old high school boys, how - why was that? How did that happen?" Sey posed to Rapinoe. "An average high school boys team....

Modelo Especial knocked off Bud Light from its decades-long perch as the nation’s top-selling beer in the wake of the Dylan Mulvaney controversy that sparked a boycott of the Anheuser-Busch brand. Sales of Modelo at groceries and beer stores for the year outpaced Bud Light — the first time the brand has beaten Bud Light on a year-to-date basis, according to the latest data from NielsenIQ, whose figures were first reported by CNN. Modelo, which is distributed in the US by New York-based Constellation Brands, had an 8.34% share of dollars spent on beer compared to 8.28% for Bud Light...

BLOGIt's official! Bud Light is no longer No. 1! And your new champion: Modelo Especial, who has slid into the first place spot as America's top-selling beer. (Photo Illustration by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) It’s official, ladies and gentlemen! Bud Light is no longer No. 1! And your new champion: Modelo Especial. They have slid into the first place spot as America’s top-selling beer over Bud Light, who has been in turmoil ever since the Dylan Mulvaney fiasco. Over the course of 2023, sales of Modelo at grocery and beer stores have surpassed Bud Light‘s, according...

Kid Rock was allegedly spotted at a concert drinking a Bud Light this week, only months after the conservative rocker helped spearhead a boycott of the brand with a viral video of him gunning down cases of the beer. The images, which appeared to have been taken without his knowledge, generated mockery across social media, with users accusing him of being a hypocrite for trashing the brand and then consuming it just a short while later. TMZ published video of Kid Rock while he was at the Skydeck venue in Nashville, Tenn., for a Colt Ford performance on Thursday. The...

A conservative nonprofit filed a federal civil rights complaint against Kellogg's on Wednesday, accusing the cereal brand of 'unlawful' diversity policies and 'sexualizing' its products. This is the second complaint this week against the company by America First Legal, a nonprofit headed by Stephen Miller, a former adviser to Donald Trump. America First Legal wrote to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), claiming Kellogg's hiring based on race and gender violates anti-bias laws. The group claimed Kellogg's 'hiring, training and promotion practices are designed to achieve a balance based on race and sex that violates the federal law banning...

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the global beer-making giant, reported a sharp drop in sales and profit in the United States, as it counted the cost of a conservative-led boycott of Bud Light after the company’s collaboration with a transgender influencer. Anheuser-Busch said that its revenue in the United States fell more than 10% last quarter, versus the same period last year, “primarily due to the volume decline of Bud Light.” Operating profit at the U.S. unit dropped by nearly 30%. Bud Light has faced a backlash from conservative commentators and celebrities after Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender influencer, posted a promotion for the...

Bud Light suffered another dramatic weekly plunge in sales in the wake of the Dylan Mulvaney fiasco — accelerating the end of the brand’s reign as the nation’s top-selling beer faster than anticipated, according to industry sources. The Anheuser-Busch brand saw sales plummet 26.8% during the week ended July 22 — slightly worse than Bud Light previous week’s decline of 26.1%, according to data from NielsenIQ and Bump Williams Consulting. The dropoff continued a catastrophic trend since Bud Light partnered with the trans influencer April 1 — which sparked backlash and boycotts in conservative regions of the country. Meanwhile, sales...

Anheuser-Busch InBev laid off hundreds of workers at its U.S. offices after months of slumping sales at Bud Light. The world’s largest brewer, which also sells Stella Artois and Budweiser, on Wednesday said the cuts would affect less than 2% of its roughly 18,000 U.S. workforce. The layoffs won’t impact front-line workers such as brewery and warehouse staff, the company said. “While we never take these decisions lightly, we want to ensure that our organization continues to be set for future long-term success,” Anheuser-Busch Chief Executive Brendan Whitworth said in a written statement. “These corporate structure changes will enable our...

Transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who sparked a backlash against Bud Light due to a promotional campaign, is now seeking speaking engagements at colleges and universities. In an Instagram Story, Mulvaney shared a link for followers to request the influencer for public speaking events, focusing on topics such as LGBTQIA+ advocacy, social media, women’s empowerment, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Mulvaney’s agency, Creative Arts Agency (CAA), represents the influencer for speaking inquiries.

Ron DeSantis wants the state's pension fund to investigate Bud Light-makers AB InBev and possibly explore a lawsuit for putting social activism ahead of shareholders during its partnership with Dylan Mulvaney. The Florida Governor, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, sent a letter to the fund's interim director Lamar Taylor, where he said that 'all options are on the table after partnering with the transgender influencer caused Bud Light's parent company, Anheuser-Busch, a $27 billion loss. 'We must prudently manage the funds of Florida's hardworking law enforcement officers, teachers, firefighters, and first responders in a manner that focuses on growing returns,...

Dylan Mulvaney is back Stateside for a flashy film festival event in California after she traveled to Peru, claiming she didn’t feel safe in the US. The transgender influencer, 26, appeared in good spirits as she wore a daring dress at the celebrated LGBTQ+ festival Outfest at downtown Los Angeles’ Orpheum Theatre on Thursday. The model opted for a see-through dress for the star-studded premiere, pairing the look with bold eyeliner and a pair of black heels. She enjoyed several photo ops on the pink carpet, before posing for snaps with TikTok star Chris Olsen. Mulvaney attended the screening of...

Dog the Bounty Hunter delivered a string of homophobic comments during an interview Tuesday with online Christian ministry founder Sharell Barrera. Sitting alongside his wife Francie, who emphatically cheered him on, the reality star repeatedly targeted the LGBTQ+ community and said he’d give two black eyes to Dylan Mulvaney, the transgender woman swept up in the Bud Light controversy. “If I ever see him, I’m dropping him,” Dog said, in what appeared to be a purposeful misgendering of Mulvaney. “The pride comes before the fall,” Dog stated earlier in the conversation, referring to the recent Pride Month celebrations across the...

Anheuser-Busch’s botched promotion featuring transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney has led to the closure of two glass bottling plants operated by Ardagh Group, a global glass producer and contractor for the company. As Bud Light continues to face significant financial losses and declining sales, approximately 645 employees will be laid off as a result of the plant closures in North Carolina and Louisiana, according to WRAL. While the bottling company did not officially disclose the reason behind the closures, an investigation by WRAL revealed that the plants are shutting down due to plummeting Bud Light sales. Nationwide boycotts in response to...