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• DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS
• HOME DEPOT TARGETED GAY EMPLOYE FOR FIRG AFTER FANCIAL CRISIS, LAWSU CLAIMS
• AFA SPENDS BOYTT AGAST HOME DEPOT FOR SUPPORTG GAY ACTIVISM; CLAIMS VICTORY
• ALL THE THGS YOU CAN NO LONGER BUY IF YOU’RE REALLY BOYTTG TRANS-FRIENDLY BSBOYCOTT THISMORE THAN A HALF-LN PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED ON TO BOYTT TARGET FOR S TRANSGENR-IENDLY BATHROOM POLICY. BUT WHY STOP THERE?SAMANTHA ALLENUPDATED APR. 13, 2017 4:04PM EDT / PUBLISHED APR. 26, 2016 3:40PM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY SARAH ROGERS/THE DAILY BEASTWHEN TARGET REERATED LAST WEEK THAT TRANSGENR EMPLOYE AND CTOMERS N E RTROOMS AND FTG ROOMS THAT MATCH THEIR GENR, APOPLECTIC BIGOTS THREATENED TO BOYTT.THE AMERIN FAY ASSOCIATN (AFA), A FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIAN NONPROF THAT IS NSIRED A HATE GROUP BY THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER (SPLC), CLAIMS TO HAVE GATHERED MORE THAN 517,000 SIGNATUR ON S PETN.“TARGET’S STORE POLICY ENDANGERS WOMEN AND CHILDREN BY ALLOWG MEN TO EQUENT WOMEN’S FACILI,” THE BOYTT PLEDGE READS. “UNTIL TARGET MAK THE SAFETY OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN A PRRY, I WILL SHOP ELSEWHERE.”FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS NO EVINCE TO SUGGT THAT TRANSGENR PEOPLE ARE A DANGER RTROOMS, NOR THAT ANTI-TRANSGENR LEGISLATN PROTECTS THE SAFETY OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN. GROUPS LIKE THE AFA OFTEN CE RARE GE S OF NON-TRANSGENR SEXUAL PREDATORS DRSG LIKE WOMEN BATHROOMS BUT FAIL TO CLARIFY THAT THE CRIMALS N ALREADY BE PROSECUTED UNR EXISTG PRIVACY LEGISLATN.FOR STANCE, A VIRGIA MAN WHO DRSED AS A WOMAN AND BROUGHT RERDG EQUIPMENT TO A LADI’ ROOM LAST YEAR WAS CHARGED WH PEEPG AND UNLAWFUL FILMG. ADDNAL LAWS FOCED ON CHROMOSOM OR BIRTH CERTIFIT WERE—AND ARE STILL—UNNECSARY.BUT FACTS ASI, IF ANY OPEN SUPPORT OF TRANSGENR PEOPLE IS A AL-BREAKER FOR THE HALF-LN SIGNATORI ON AFA’S PLEDGE, THEN THE BOYTT NEEDS TO GET BIGGER. A LOT BIGGER. LAST YEAR, 407 BS ACHIEVED A PERFECT SRE OF 100 ON THE CORPORATE EQUALY INX (CEI), A SURVEY DISTRIBUTED BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (HRC) THAT MEASUR SUPPORT FOR LGBT EMPLOYE AND THE BROAR LGBT MUNY. THAT HIGH SRE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE WHOUT HAVG TRANS-CLIVE HEALTH-RE AND ANTI-DISCRIMATN POLICI THAT CLU GENR INTY.IN OTHER WORDS, MONEY SPENT AT AT THE BS HELPS TO NORMALIZE A CULTURE WHICH TRANSGENR PEOPLE ARE SEEN AS VALID AND WORTHY OF SPECIAL PROTECTN.THE 407 PANI AREN’T EXACTLY MOM-AND-POP SHOPS, EHER. IT WOULD BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR BIGOTS TO AVOID DOG BS WH ALL OF THEM.IN FACT, IF YOU OPPOSE TRANSGENR RIGHTS, YOU SHOULDN’T EVEN BE SPREADG AFA’S PETN G THEIR REMEND #BOYTTTARGET HASHTAG BEE FACEBOOK, TWTER, AND GOOGLE ALL ACED THE CEI. EVERY MUTE SPENT ON THOSE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS HELPS THEM PROMOTE LGBT EQUALY, CLUDG THE T.IF YOU DON’T WANT YOUR MONEY TO GO TO A PANY THAT OPENLY SUPPORTS TRANSGENR PEOPLE, YOU N’T BUY AN IPHONE, EAT AN EGG MCMUFF, DRK A SPRE, STOCK UP BUDWEISER, OR FILL YOUR PRCRIPTNS AT EHER OF THE NATN’S TWO LARGT PHARMACY CHAS BEE APPLE, MCDONALD’S, CO-COLA, ANHSER-BCH, WALGREENS, AND CVS ALL SRED A 100 ON THE HRC X.GOOD LUCK FLYG ANYWHERE WHOUT PUTTG MONEY THE FFERS OF PANI THAT PROUDLY ENDORSE LGBT RIGHTS. AMERIN, UNED, SOUTHWT, JETBLUE, AND ALASKA AIRL ALL EARNED TOP MARKS, AS DID BOEG. IF YOU CI TO TRAVEL BY R STEAD, BE SURE YOU’RE NOT A VEHICLE MANUFACTURED BY FORD, GM, TOYOTA, NISSAN, OR VOLKSWAGEN.WHOUT A R, YOU WILL HAVE TO WEAR NON-NIKE SHO TO WALK TO YOUR LOL ATM, WHERE YOU SHOULD WHDRAW ALL OF YOUR MONEY BEE MOST MAJOR BANKS—CLUDG CHASE, BANK OF AMERI, CI, AND WELLS FARGO—HAVE A 100 ON THE CEI. GET ED TO PAYG WH SH BEE YOU WILL HAVE TO SHRED YOUR CRED RDS. MASTERRD, VISA, AMERIN EXPRS, AND DISVER ALL HAVE A PERFECT RATG, TOO.THE ONLY PROBLEM: YOUR OPTNS FOR OFFLOADG THAT SH ARE FAIRLY LIMED IF YOU DON’T WANT ANY OF TO GO TOWARD A WORLD WHICH TRANSGENR PEOPLE N PEE PEACE. BUILD YOUR OWN FURNURE BEE IKEA’S A NO-GO BUT DO NOT GET THE TOOLS FOR AT HOME DEPOT. YOU N’T BUY CLOTH AT JCPENNEY, SEARS, NORDSTROM, OR, OF URSE, TARGET, NOR N YOU PURCHASE FOOD SOLD BY GENERAL MILLS, KELLOGG, KRAFT, OR KROGER.AFTER WHDRAWG OM PUBLIC LIFE AND BUYG MOST OF YOUR GOODS SH OM LOL ARTISANS, YOU WILL PROBABLY FD YOURSELF NEED OF CENT HOME ENTERTAMENT. BUT IF YOU OPPOSE TRANS-IENDLY BS, YOU WILL HAVE TO DO WHOUT A DIRECTV OR EVEN A SIRI XM RAD SUBSCRIPTN.THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU N WATCH MOVI BUT THERE’S A TCH. FIVE OF THE SIX MAJOR FILM PRODUCTN PANI—SONY, UNIVERSAL, PARAMOUNT, DISNEY, AND WARNER BROS.—ALL HAVE A 100 ON THE CEI.AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IF YOU ARE SO UPSET WH TARGET FOR ALLYG THEMSELV WH THE TRANSGENR MUNY THAT YOU’RE WILLG TO BOYTT, YOU MAY HAVE TO STOP READG THIS ARTICLE RIGHT NOW AND UNPLUG YOUR INTER. COMST, AT&T, AND TIME WARNER ALL HAVE TRANSGENR-CLIVE POLICI. THERE’D BE NO MORE #BOYTTTARGET MOVEMENT, SURE, BUT AT LEAST YOU’D BE NSISTENT. SAMANTHA ALLEN

DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS

Every Pri month, nsumers see their favore brands add rabow strip to their logos, fly flags om their headquarters buildgs and add attractive gay and lbian upl to their ads. Of urse, e next week, the lendar will flip to July, and 's buhbye to all the cute gays, sparkly rabows and boldly-lored banners flown by big bs.

Ne of the biggt, most LGBTQ-supportive rporatns Ameri gave about $1 ln or more each to anti-gay policians the last electn cycle.

HOME DEPOT TARGETED GAY EMPLOYE FOR FIRG AFTER FANCIAL CRISIS, LAWSU CLAIMS

All of them voted to nfirm anti-gay members of the Tmp bet, voted to ny healthre to transgenr troops, and wouldn't sponsor or -sponsor any legislatn support of LGBTQ rights. Those ne rporatns wh perfect x sr which ma donatns to anti-gay policians om 2017 to 2018, are, orr om most to least:.

AT&T donated $2, 755, 000 to 193 anti-gay policians. UPS donated $2, 366, 122 to 159 anti-gay policians. Comst donated $2, 116, 500 to 154 anti-gay policians.

Home Depot donated $1, 825, 500 to 111 anti-gay policians. General Electric donated $1, 380, 500 to 97 anti-gay policians.

AFA SPENDS BOYTT AGAST HOME DEPOT FOR SUPPORTG GAY ACTIVISM; CLAIMS VICTORY

FedEx donated $1, 261, 500 to 75 anti-gay policians. UBS donated $1, 094, 750 to 72 anti-gay policians. Verizon donated $1, 022, 803 to 74 anti-gay policians.

Pfizer donated $959, 263 to 52 anti-gay policians.

ALL THE THGS YOU CAN NO LONGER BUY IF YOU’RE REALLY BOYTTG TRANS-FRIENDLY BSBOYCOTT THISMORE THAN A HALF-LN PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED ON TO BOYTT TARGET FOR S TRANSGENR-IENDLY BATHROOM POLICY. BUT WHY STOP THERE?SAMANTHA ALLENUPDATED APR. 13, 2017 4:04PM EDT / PUBLISHED APR. 26, 2016 3:40PM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY SARAH ROGERS/THE DAILY BEASTWHEN TARGET REERATED LAST WEEK THAT TRANSGENR EMPLOYE AND CTOMERS N E RTROOMS AND FTG ROOMS THAT MATCH THEIR GENR, APOPLECTIC BIGOTS THREATENED TO BOYTT.THE AMERIN FAY ASSOCIATN (AFA), A FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIAN NONPROF THAT IS NSIRED A HATE GROUP BY THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER (SPLC), CLAIMS TO HAVE GATHERED MORE THAN 517,000 SIGNATUR ON S PETN.“TARGET’S STORE POLICY ENDANGERS WOMEN AND CHILDREN BY ALLOWG MEN TO EQUENT WOMEN’S FACILI,” THE BOYTT PLEDGE READS. “UNTIL TARGET MAK THE SAFETY OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN A PRRY, I WILL SHOP ELSEWHERE.”FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS NO EVINCE TO SUGGT THAT TRANSGENR PEOPLE ARE A DANGER RTROOMS, NOR THAT ANTI-TRANSGENR LEGISLATN PROTECTS THE SAFETY OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN. GROUPS LIKE THE AFA OFTEN CE RARE GE S OF NON-TRANSGENR SEXUAL PREDATORS DRSG LIKE WOMEN BATHROOMS BUT FAIL TO CLARIFY THAT THE CRIMALS N ALREADY BE PROSECUTED UNR EXISTG PRIVACY LEGISLATN.FOR STANCE, A VIRGIA MAN WHO DRSED AS A WOMAN AND BROUGHT RERDG EQUIPMENT TO A LADI’ ROOM LAST YEAR WAS CHARGED WH PEEPG AND UNLAWFUL FILMG. ADDNAL LAWS FOCED ON CHROMOSOM OR BIRTH CERTIFIT WERE—AND ARE STILL—UNNECSARY.BUT FACTS ASI, IF ANY OPEN SUPPORT OF TRANSGENR PEOPLE IS A AL-BREAKER FOR THE HALF-LN SIGNATORI ON AFA’S PLEDGE, THEN THE BOYTT NEEDS TO GET BIGGER. A LOT BIGGER. LAST YEAR, 407 BS ACHIEVED A PERFECT SRE OF 100 ON THE CORPORATE EQUALY INX (CEI), A SURVEY DISTRIBUTED BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (HRC) THAT MEASUR SUPPORT FOR LGBT EMPLOYE AND THE BROAR LGBT MUNY. THAT HIGH SRE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE WHOUT HAVG TRANS-CLIVE HEALTH-RE AND ANTI-DISCRIMATN POLICI THAT CLU GENR INTY.IN OTHER WORDS, MONEY SPENT AT AT THE BS HELPS TO NORMALIZE A CULTURE WHICH TRANSGENR PEOPLE ARE SEEN AS VALID AND WORTHY OF SPECIAL PROTECTN.THE 407 PANI AREN’T EXACTLY MOM-AND-POP SHOPS, EHER. IT WOULD BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR BIGOTS TO AVOID DOG BS WH ALL OF THEM.IN FACT, IF YOU OPPOSE TRANSGENR RIGHTS, YOU SHOULDN’T EVEN BE SPREADG AFA’S PETN G THEIR REMEND #BOYTTTARGET HASHTAG BEE FACEBOOK, TWTER, AND GOOGLE ALL ACED THE CEI. EVERY MUTE SPENT ON THOSE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS HELPS THEM PROMOTE LGBT EQUALY, CLUDG THE T.IF YOU DON’T WANT YOUR MONEY TO GO TO A PANY THAT OPENLY SUPPORTS TRANSGENR PEOPLE, YOU N’T BUY AN IPHONE, EAT AN EGG MCMUFF, DRK A SPRE, STOCK UP BUDWEISER, OR FILL YOUR PRCRIPTNS AT EHER OF THE NATN’S TWO LARGT PHARMACY CHAS BEE APPLE, MCDONALD’S, CO-COLA, ANHSER-BCH, WALGREENS, AND CVS ALL SRED A 100 ON THE HRC X.GOOD LUCK FLYG ANYWHERE WHOUT PUTTG MONEY THE FFERS OF PANI THAT PROUDLY ENDORSE LGBT RIGHTS. AMERIN, UNED, SOUTHWT, JETBLUE, AND ALASKA AIRL ALL EARNED TOP MARKS, AS DID BOEG. IF YOU CI TO TRAVEL BY R STEAD, BE SURE YOU’RE NOT A VEHICLE MANUFACTURED BY FORD, GM, TOYOTA, NISSAN, OR VOLKSWAGEN.WHOUT A R, YOU WILL HAVE TO WEAR NON-NIKE SHO TO WALK TO YOUR LOL ATM, WHERE YOU SHOULD WHDRAW ALL OF YOUR MONEY BEE MOST MAJOR BANKS—CLUDG CHASE, BANK OF AMERI, CI, AND WELLS FARGO—HAVE A 100 ON THE CEI. GET ED TO PAYG WH SH BEE YOU WILL HAVE TO SHRED YOUR CRED RDS. MASTERRD, VISA, AMERIN EXPRS, AND DISVER ALL HAVE A PERFECT RATG, TOO.THE ONLY PROBLEM: YOUR OPTNS FOR OFFLOADG THAT SH ARE FAIRLY LIMED IF YOU DON’T WANT ANY OF TO GO TOWARD A WORLD WHICH TRANSGENR PEOPLE N PEE PEACE. BUILD YOUR OWN FURNURE BEE IKEA’S A NO-GO BUT DO NOT GET THE TOOLS FOR AT HOME DEPOT. YOU N’T BUY CLOTH AT JCPENNEY, SEARS, NORDSTROM, OR, OF URSE, TARGET, NOR N YOU PURCHASE FOOD SOLD BY GENERAL MILLS, KELLOGG, KRAFT, OR KROGER.AFTER WHDRAWG OM PUBLIC LIFE AND BUYG MOST OF YOUR GOODS SH OM LOL ARTISANS, YOU WILL PROBABLY FD YOURSELF NEED OF CENT HOME ENTERTAMENT. BUT IF YOU OPPOSE TRANS-IENDLY BS, YOU WILL HAVE TO DO WHOUT A DIRECTV OR EVEN A SIRI XM RAD SUBSCRIPTN.THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU N WATCH MOVI BUT THERE’S A TCH. FIVE OF THE SIX MAJOR FILM PRODUCTN PANI—SONY, UNIVERSAL, PARAMOUNT, DISNEY, AND WARNER BROS.—ALL HAVE A 100 ON THE CEI.AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IF YOU ARE SO UPSET WH TARGET FOR ALLYG THEMSELV WH THE TRANSGENR MUNY THAT YOU’RE WILLG TO BOYTT, YOU MAY HAVE TO STOP READG THIS ARTICLE RIGHT NOW AND UNPLUG YOUR INTER. COMST, AT&T, AND TIME WARNER ALL HAVE TRANSGENR-CLIVE POLICI. THERE’D BE NO MORE #BOYTTTARGET MOVEMENT, SURE, BUT AT LEAST YOU’D BE NSISTENT. SAMANTHA ALLEN

” Many nmnatns of Chick-fil-A nta siar vague language: “notor anti-LGBT stanc” “wily perceived to be opposn to the LGBTQ muny” “the polil behavr of Chick-fil-A” “Chick-fil-A is anti-gay” Many boytters seem to know ltle about the specific plat of those opposed to the pany; namely that WShape, the fay foundatn of the pany’s owners, is a fancial supporter of two groups the anizers nsir homophobic: the Salvatn Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athlet. The LGBT plats agast the group would apply to many — if not most — church, particularly s support for “the tradnal fn of marriage” and lls for celibacy for people wh a homosexual orientatn. Accatns the Salvatn Army is anti-gay are dub.