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LGBTQ+ shoppers want more from brands than Pride Month ‘rainbow washing’ merch.
tucson.com ^ | 6/14/23 | Carly Olson

Posted on 06/15/2023 6:41:30 PM PDT by DallasBiff

LOS ANGELES — At the end of May, Elizabeth Keller went to her neighborhood Target to check out its low-cost section of Pride merchandise. Keller, a 24-year-old film assistant who lives in North Hollywood, picked out a pair of shoelaces dyed to look like the lesbian flag.

But a week later when she went back to the store, she was shocked to see that the Pride display had been dismantled. “They just got rid of half of their Pride collection before June even started,” she said

The move happened after the brand came under fire for some of its merchandise, notably a gender-affirming swimsuit for trans women, which outraged some right-wing shoppers. (When the backlash began, some customers inaccurately described the swimsuit as being manufactured for children.)

“I keep getting a different vibe this Pride Month,” Keller said. “I guess it feels like things are a little more hostile.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: clothing; homosexualagenda; lgbtq; pride; retail; target
Aw, poor baby, I don't have to shop at places that are hostile to traditional values.
1 posted on 06/15/2023 6:41:30 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

The feeling is mutual, FRiend.


2 posted on 06/15/2023 6:46:51 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: DallasBiff

Wow, she bought a pair of shoelaces! This is the sort of big spender that any retailer would go to great lengths to attract. All those thousands of normal people just don’t matter in comparison.


3 posted on 06/15/2023 6:51:46 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: DallasBiff

Sexual perverts of all kinds are overtly hostile to straight people.

Suck it up, lady.


4 posted on 06/15/2023 6:58:25 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!)
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To: DallasBiff

so will liz be boycotting target?


5 posted on 06/15/2023 6:59:01 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: DallasBiff

*** picked out a pair of shoelaces dyed to look like the lesbian flag***

Oh, wow, there’s a lesbian flag besides the LGBT flag. Didn’t realize this until tonight. Will be more watchful.


6 posted on 06/15/2023 6:59:33 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: DallasBiff

No kidding

My God these people are pathetic


7 posted on 06/15/2023 7:05:23 PM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: DallasBiff
They'll always want more. More affirmation, more validation, more celebration. More and louder.

But it'll never be enough to silence their inner voice that convicts them. None of the hetero normative trappings -- weddings, gay marriage, joining the PTA, a house with a white picket fence, everybody pretending to go along -- can silence their conscience.

8 posted on 06/15/2023 7:12:09 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: DallasBiff

Open your own stores.


9 posted on 06/15/2023 7:14:36 PM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: DallasBiff

e-bay just went Bud Light. Observe the donation option at checkout.


10 posted on 06/15/2023 7:20:28 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: DallasBiff

Why do these bastards never care about OUR (normal, majority) feelings?


11 posted on 06/15/2023 8:04:29 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: DallasBiff

Mebbe they can start their own discount store...GayMart?


12 posted on 06/15/2023 10:56:57 PM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: metmom


"When the backlash began, some customers inaccurately described the swimsuit as being manufactured for children."


While not all of the pics are from Target, some are, and all are disgusting. (This is just from a search engine, and these are the first listings.)










13 posted on 06/16/2023 4:40:14 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Bikkuri

Of course they are marketed for children.

The pervert lobby are liars, just like democrats.


14 posted on 06/16/2023 4:47:51 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

What is a “lesbian flag”? Two lips licking each other?


15 posted on 06/16/2023 8:55:24 AM PDT by Bluebeard16
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To: kaktuskid

There was a Gay Mart on Holsted Avenue in Chicago YEARS ago.


16 posted on 06/16/2023 8:57:02 AM PDT by Bluebeard16
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To: DallasBiff

Yeah, pervert. It is getting hostile. The majority of Americans are fed up with your type forcing your sickness and mental illness onto themselves and their families.

You all have no reason whatsoever to feel proud of your sexual perversions. Don’t expect people to put up with this crap much longer.


17 posted on 06/16/2023 9:03:21 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Bluebeard16

I don’t even want to know. Crossed scissors on a field of plaid flannel, perhaps.


18 posted on 06/16/2023 9:17:40 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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