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GAYS AGAST GROOMERS SAYS TARGET IS GROOMG CHILDREN WH PRI CLOTHG
I will buy all,” someone said.‘Is he...you know?’ skeleton shirtSome ems proved more divisive.“I was like ‘oh target pri isn’t that bad this year’ and then I saw this lol,” someone tweeted about a shirt the llectn that purports homophobia and transphobia “n be cured wh tn.”“What on earth,” someone replied.“It’s fally that time of the year when the target pri llectn mak me (a gay person) slightly homophobic,” someone said above a llage of shirts they seemed to be mockg.Someone else referenced the shirt featurg a skeleton wh a “limp wrist” that reads “Is he...you know?” spooky letterg.But they appeared to like the sign.“Target pri llectn is on to somethg wh this one,” they said. Others shared the excement on the post.“I swear they normally have really crgey stuff imo, but they kda popped off wh this actually,” someone else said on the post.‘Gay’ green jumpsuThen there’s the green jumpsu that jt says the one word — “gay” — on the back.“Losg my md over this piece of clothg om target’s pri llectn,” someone tweeted.“This is one of the most lbian piec of clothg to exist,” they add. Someone else replied that the jumpsu “fely l.”But the “gay” green jumpsu still had s crics.“Watchg target’s pri llectn over the years is like watchg a kid learn to ri a bike except they never improved and still fall on their face every few feet,” someone tweeted.watchg target's pri llectn over the years is like watchg a kid learn to ri a bike except they never improved and still fall on their face every few feet /isO0fS0DH3— chloe (@gigalovania) May 4, 2023“I saw someone on tiktok who hated and i was like ‘you have NO taste’,” another person tweeted.“Target pri llectn gets better every year idc,” Matt Bernste, a popular queer TikTok star, said on Twter..Bernste filmed a TikTok vio sharg their thoughts on the llectn that quickly went viral.Drag Queen Bird Derative FigureBernste also poted out another em sold at Target — a bird figure drsed drag.And people seemed to eher love or hate .“Y’all.
One simply says “better out than ” — and another has ught attentn for s choice of words: “not me livg my gayt life.”Whether they love or hate the “better out than shirt,” many seemed eager to nnect to Shrek.“’Better out than ’ like as the quote om shrek? About fartg?— haley (@hairpntrigger) May 1, 2023“Babe wake up Target Pri Merch jt dropped,” someone tweeted while sharg their hl, which clud both the “better out than ” shirt and one that says “not a phase” wh the phas of the moon.babe wake up Target Pri Merch jt dropped (this is my hl, rporatns profg off pri month is obvi kd of sketch but the are fun)(special shout out to the gay in shrek gassy quote tshirt) /Fb2XmuyLlt— Tyle Christensen (@tylerrlchris) May 8, 2023Queer artists, trans solidaryEven as social media ers dragged some of the signs as “silly” or “crge,” many also praised the retailer for hirg queer artists to subm signs and associatg s rporate name wh signs that support transgenr people.“There’s some crge styl the Target pri thg,” one person tweeted, “but there’s also a lot of thgs that are like ‘Support Trans Futur’ and ‘Trans people will always exist’ and stuff like that and ’s nice to see that a big rporatn wants to put their name bi trans people.”“Say what you will about rporatns and pri but seeg this target was very nice,” someone said, referencg the “trans people will always exist” shirt.Some artists filmed vios of themselv takg a trip to Target to see their signs the store.A nonbary illtrator shared their signs for the Target 2023 Pri Collectn on Twter.“My favore signs didn’t make the fal cut but I hope y’all like the on!!!!” they said.Flag was set to fly durg Pri month — then California town cried as ‘divisive’No, Spir Halloween don’t sell ‘Gay Guy’ stum.
But Target’s rponse has trated supporters of gay and transgenr rights, who argued the pany ved to bigoted prsure.