Report: Anheuser-Busch Distributors Across America's Heartland 'Spooked' by Backlash to Transgender Campaign Posted on April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 by Debra Chatfield Anheuser-Busch distributors across America’s heartland and the South are “spooked” by public backlash to a Bud Light campaign promoting transgenderism, an industry insider reports.