Posted on 06/06/2023 4:33:34 PM PDT by Morgana
More than 200 LGBTQ groups angered by Target's decision to pull Pride merchandise from shelves are demanding the company "denounce extremists" and restock all the Pride merchandise in stores and online.
The Human Rights Campaign, along with GLAAD, GLSEN and other groups, released a statement asking Target and other businesses like Anheuser-Busch to "reject and speak out against anti-LGBTQ+ extremism going into Pride Month." More than 200 other progressive and LGBTQ organizations signed on to the statement, which argued that showing support for their community was good for business.
The organizations laid out a three-part demand that calls on Target to restock all the Pride merchandise both in stores and online, ensure the safety of Target employees and release a statement "reaffirming their commitment to the LGBTQ+ community" within 24 hours.
"When it comes to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion, there is no such thing as neutrality," the LGTBQ coalition said.
The coalition suggested they would continue to support Target and other businesses who rejected criticism from consumers.
"Target, and all businesses, can leverage the support of LGBTQ+ organizations to navigate this hate, so that together, we can let extremists know unequivocally that, just as with every other failed anti-LGBTQ+ campaign of the past, fear will not win," the statement reads.
Target displays LGBTQ-themed apparel annually leading into June. However, the retail giant came under increased scrutiny after consumers noticed stores selling "tuck-friendly" women's bathing suits for transgender people and Pride apparel for children and infants.
The company responded to widespread backlash over the Pride merchandise by moving some Pride products to less prominent sections of the store and removing other merchandise altogether. Target said it moved the products to ensure employees' safety.
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Where are all the Coexist bumper stickers?
“You vill restock the fag merchandise, do you understand comrade?”
Homosexuals INVENTED HATE.
Not so sure there’s still a microscopic sliver of the population. There seem to be heck of a lot all of a sudden.
I’ve had a gut feeling for many years that the mark of the beast would have something to do with this population.
Target might as well ... the damage has been done.
Don’t the trans & the LGBTQ-whatever groups have the same basic rights as everybody else? It seems they want more. Yes, they are special, but not in any way that should give them rights that overrule other’s rights. Why not just tell them to pound sand whenever this issue comes up? I’m thinking most people would agree to that.
It used to be “tolerance.” Now you have to embrace them while they stick their perverse, mentally-sick hands in your pants and strip naked and parade in front of you in a restroom.
Anything less and you are a “hater.”
So the gay student said to a protester, “How does me being gay affect you”...
Well when business start to lay off straight employees because the company lost millions catering to gays.
I think it DOES affect people.
There are a couple of actual groups but others are meetup groups, facebook groups and other social media groupings. All you need is 3 people to be a group and you can probably get by with just one and a bunch of email addresses and Twitter handles.
Caught between a a rock and a hard d*ck.
Redefining words, particularly on the fly, is how the left controls the terms of every debate.
Notice how even conservative news outlets are calling the illegal aliens, migrants. It’s just another way the left changes the language to legitimize that which is not legitimate. And most of those on the right just go right along with it. I have never and I never will use the term migrant for an illegal alien.
Their name “Target” is all the more appropriate these days.
we demand you be tolerant of us...
This LGBT mafia fight is the hill to die on. They must be made to understand the American public wants nothing to do with their perversions. What adults do in the privacy of their homes or other private places is their business. When it’s in our face, it’s our business.
When the Trans and Drag Queens went after the kids, they crossed a huge red line that must be answered for. The consequences must me harsh and forever lasting.
good point..
And that is what is so confusing ...
I expect the left to fight , but when your “allies” participate in the attack it really makes it tough.
When we except the language of the left, the battle is half over.
...an about the 60s .... they tell me I had a good time ...
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