Dylan Mulvaney Speaks Out After Shading Bud Light
Bud Light for partnering with the transgender influencer during its March Madness campaign and also for sending her bespoke, not-for-sale beer cans with her face on them.
The gift was to mark the one-year anniversary since she began her gender-affirming transition."If you're going to ask us to capitalize on our vulnerabilities and our traumas, at least have our backs when the going gets tough," Mulvaney said, during the 2023 Forbes CMO Summit in Miami on Tuesday."Brands like to label themselves as allies [to the LGBTQ+ community], but we the community should get to give you that title.
Allyship has to look different than it did a month ago, a year ago. Allyship expands past marketing and extends into the companies itself – for example, the benefits they offer to their employees."Mulvaney also said Bud Light had "a big opportunity...back in April to stand up – and we've all moved on in very positive ways – but I am so tired of being scared.
I spent so many years of my life feeling little."Newsweek contacted Anheuser-Busch, the company that owns Bud Light, by email for comment.The TikTok star also had plenty of words for her haters."Supporting and hiring trans people should not be political, and the people making it out to be— they're bigots.
