This pride month, companies are shunning LGBTQ

theglobeandmail.com Rob Csernyik is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. I can’t speak for everyone under the LGBTQ umbrella, but as a gay man I’m not alone in looking with…

Trump-appointed judge's rejection of drag ban law praised by LGBTQ groups

newsweek.com A decision by a Tennessee judge appointed by Donald Trump to reject a drag show ban due to being unconstitutional has been praised by LGBTQ groups. Thomas Parker, who was…

Trans lawmaker targets Ron DeSantis in his own backyard

newsweek.com Transgender Montana Representative Zooey Zephyr and her fiancé, trans activist and journalist Erin Reed, said if Governor Ron DeSantis and fellow Republican lawmakers…

Federal judge rejects Tennessee drag show ban as unconstitutional

nbcnews.com WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ruled that Tennessee’s law restricting drag performances in public or where children were present was unconstitutional, striking a blow to…

Taylor Swift Rallies Against Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation at Chicago Concert: ‘We Can’t Talk About Pride Without Talking About Pain’

variety.com During her Chicago stop of her Eras Tour on Friday evening, Taylor Swift took a moment to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community at the start of Pride Month, speaking out against…

Taylor Swift Declares Chicago’s Soldier Field “A Safe Space”

vanityfair.com Taylor Swift and her Eras Tour have rolled into Chicago for three sold-out shows at Soldier Field. The stadium has a concert capacity of 63,500, and at the opening night gig…

Taylor Swift Celebrates Pride Month With Touching Speech at Chicago Concert: ‘This Is a Safe Space For You’

billboard.com Taylor Swift delivered a heartfelt speech in honor of Pride Month during her Eras Tour concert in Chicago on Friday (June 2). Sitting in front of her piano at Soldier Field,…

Conservatives' Boycotts Wipe Off Billions From Target And Bud Light Valuations, More Brand Battles Upcoming

zerohedge.com Conservatives' Boycotts Wipe Off Billions From Target And Bud Light Valuations, More Brand Battles Upcoming Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis…

Target, Bud Light Boycotts Working Due to Social Media, Culture War

businessinsider.com Target is the latest company swept up in a growing wave of boycotts led by right-wing critics. • The boycotts are aimed at companies that have allied themselves with trans…

Here’s How Americans Really Feel About LGBTQ Issues

forbes.com This June’s Pride month comes as LGBTQ Americans face a wave of anti-LGBTQ restrictions targeting gender identity— from bans on gender-affirming care to teacher constraints…

Florida school offers yearbooks omitting LGBTQ+ content after backlash

newsweek.com A Florida school district in Seminole County is offering parents a full refund on their children's yearbooks after controversy swirled regarding pages that included…

Elon Musk’s response to anti-trans video sparked day of chaos at Twitter

nbcnews.com A week ago, Elon Musk’s Twitter seemed to be taking shaky footsteps toward a new phase: Mass layoffs had subsided, Musk had hired a new permanent CEO and Florida Gov. Ron…

Navy Removes Pride Month Posts Amid Right-Wing Backlash

forbes.com Companies declaring support for Pride Month—including those that simply adopt a rainbow-colored logo for June—are facing online attacks from right-wing social media users,…

Fact Check: Was The Bible banned by school district for being pornographic?

newsweek.com Book banning across the country has led to frictive debate around the influence of parents and legislators in education, with many texts on LGBTQ and race equality…

Pride Night celebrations at the ballpark were largely uncontroversial

nbcnews.com For the better part of two decades, Pride Night celebrations in professional sports went off with a minimum of fanfare, as clubs eagerly showed off their embrace of the…

Walmart REFUSES to make changes to its Pride Month merchandise

dailymail.co.uk Walmart will stand firm on its Pride Month collection despite rivals Target pulling some merchandising in the wake of customer backlash. The billion-dollar American…

Brands defy intimidation of boycotts as Pride Month kicks off

newsweek.com As some brands shy away from LGBTQ+ campaigns because of boycotts, others, including Glamour and The North Face, are embracing the community for Pride Month despite the…

Elon Musk’s new Twitter pronoun rule invites bullying, LGBTQ groups say

nbcnews.com LGBTQ advocates criticized Elon Musk on Thursday after the Twitter owner said he would allow users to freely misgender people on the social media site. In a tweet on the…

Grace Jones Electrifies New York With Eye-Popping — and Hilarious

variety.com Grace Jones was one of the most iconic artists of the early ‘80s, with a boldly androgynous and prescient image and string of brilliant albums with a pioneering sound and…

Most Americans say companies should publicly support LGBTQ community, survey finds

aol.com A clear majority of Americans who don’t identify as LGBTQ believe companies should publicly support the community, according to a new survey from gay rights organization…

Global survey finds 9% of adults identify as LGBTQ

nbcnews.com Nearly 1 in 10 adults across 30 countries identify as LGBTQ, according to a new global survey, but that number tells only part of the story. Age and geographic location…

Jesus TV show actors defend Pride flag on set after calls to boycott

newsweek.com Actors from The Chosen have united in defense of a Pride flag on set after conservative Christians boycotted the religious television show. Boycotts of organizations…

Most Americans say companies should voice public support for LGBTQ community: survey

thehill.com An overwhelming majority of Americans who do not identify as LGBTQ believe companies should publicly support the community, according to a new survey from the LGBTQ media…

This Pride, Brands Need to Stand by the Trans Community

newsweek.com The most important lesson from Bud Light and Target's embarrassing decisions to disavow their inclusive marketing has nothing to do with Pride Month or LGBTQ people. Where…

LGBTQ people flock to Florida for Disney's Gay Days celebration

nbcnews.com ORLANDO, Fla. — Tens of thousands of LGBTQ people are flocking to central Florida this weekend to go on theme park rides, mingle with costumed performers, dance at all-night…

Chelsea Cutler’s Love Letter to the LGBTQ Community

billboard.com This Pride Month, Billboard asked artists to write a series of love letters to their LGBTQ fans, highlighting what the community means to them, as people and as artists.…

Bud Light Giving LGBTQ Organization $200,000 Donation

zerohedge.com Bud Light Giving LGBTQ Organization $200,000 Donation Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Bud Light has announced that it intends to donate…

Right-wing media figures are waging an anti-LGBTQ war on businesses over Pride Month

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Trans designer whose products were pulled in Target Pride backlash fears ‘dangerous precedent’

nypost.com Target’s decision to remove some LGBTQ-themed merchandise after customer backlash in its stores highlights the problem with companies’ “rainbow capitalism,” said Erik…

Target shares drop for ninth straight day as Pride backlash continues hurting company's financials

foxbusiness.com Target shares dropped again on Wednesday as the retail juggernaut continues to suffer after LGBTQ Pride products outraged some customers across the nation. Target shares…

The Numbers Are In: Elon Musk Has Been a Disaster for Twitter

vanityfair.com When Tesla chief executive Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion back in October, the deal was thought to be a massive overpay, and Musk himself admitted as much at the…

The New 'Anti-Woke' Crusade Targets DEI

forbes.com As companies and colleges face a sudden surge in online and legislative attacks against diversity, equity and inclusion programs—the latest in an anti-”woke” political…

In A Dangerous Pride Season, Brands Dim Their Rainbows

mediapost.com Kohl's is under social-media criticism for its Pride onesie for infants If brand Pride messages seem more subdued this year, it's not your imagination. With anti-trans…

Target Pride backlash exposes 'rainbow capitalism' problem, designer says

yahoo.com U.S. retailer Target's decision to remove some LGBTQ-themed merchandise after customer backlash in its stores highlights the problem with companies' "rainbow capitalism,"…

Tomi Lahren blasted for saying "straight, white" men can't have an opinion

newsweek.com Tomi Lahren has been criticized on social media for saying that "straight, white, Christian males" in the U.S. are prohibited from having opinions. The TV personality has…

LGBTQ+ activists call for new strategies to promote equality after Target backlash

mprnews.org Following Target’s announcement last week that it removed products and relocated Pride displays to the back of certain stores in the South, activists in the LGBTQ+ community…

Ted Cruz cleared the lowest bar possible for LGBTQ rights

msnbc.com Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is wrong about many things. Oftentimes, he memorializes those terrible opinions on Twitter, where dunking on him has become a favored pastime among…

Alabama expands ban on trans athletes to include college teams

nbcnews.com Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday signed legislation that will ban transgender women from playing on female sports teams in college, becoming the latest state to place…

Pride Month is a war. Brands are the battlefield

semafor.com The boycott push is as straightforward as culture war gets. Pride month grew out of the 1969 Stonewall riots, and began as the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade one…

LGBTQ activists call for new strategies to promote equality after Target backlash

nbcnews.com Create your free profile or log in to save this article Create your free profile or log in to save this article Following Target’s announcement last week that it removed…

Former Trump official is building a legal case against Bud Light

newsweek.com A former top advisor to former President Donald Trump is gearing up to sue Bud Light's parent company (as well as a number of other brands) for allegedly tanking their…

Grassroots Boycotts Against Woke Corporations Are Working

newsweek.com The sacrosanct month of Pride begins later this week. If you're a reasonable business executive sitting in a C-suite at a major American corporation, you've got to be asking…

Target, Bud Light Foes Know Their End Is Near

newsweek.com Last week, Target announced they're pulling some items from their famous annual Pride collection, which has become a huge hit in the wider LGBTQ community over the past…

Activists call for new strategies to promote equality after Target pulls some LGBTQ+ merchandise

pbs.org Following Target’s announcement last week that it removed products and relocated Pride displays to the back of certain stores in the South, activists in the LGBTQ+ community…

Uganda’s extreme anti-LGBTQ legislation, explained

vox.com Uganda’s queer activist Papa De raises a fist outside the Ugandan High Commission during a picket against the country's anti-homosexuality bill in Pretoria. | Phill…

Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

nbcnews.com KAMPALA, May 29 — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality,” drawing…

Biden warns Uganda may face sanctions if strict anti-gay law not repealed

axios.com President Biden on Monday called for the "immediate repeal" of Uganda's severe new anti-gay law and warned he may impose sanctions and other penalties in response. Driving…

Kohl’s ESG Report Shows Focus On LGBTQ+ Pride Support

forbes.com Clothing retailer Kohl’s is the latest company to draw conservative backlash for LGBTQ+ Pride support. Like Target , Kohl’s 2022 ESG Report shows a clear focus on supporting…

Kohl’s threatened with boycott over Pride clothes after Target removes collection

independent.co.uk Kohl’s customers have threatened to boycott the retailer over its Pride-themed clothing, less than a week after Target announced that it was removing some Pride Month…

Ted Cruz condemning Uganda's anti-gay law raises eyebrows

newsweek.com Senator Ted Cruz condemned Uganda's new anti-gay law on Monday, sparking pushback from some conservatives. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed into law a bill that…

Cheney Eviscerates Former House GOP Colleagues: They ‘Wanted Me To Lie’ About Trump, the 2020 Election, and Jan. 6th

mediaite.com Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), once the third-ranking member of the House GOP, excoriated her party and former House colleagues on Sunday while giving the commencement…