Don't Let That Rabow Logo Fool You: The 9 Corporatns Donated Millns To Anti-Gay Policians

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• 7 COMPANI THAT DON'T SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS
• DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO 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

7 COMPANI THAT DON'T SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS

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

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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

Urban OutftersIn addn to perpetratg many a fashn fx pas, Urban Outfters has also earned a reputatn as beg a pany that is bad for women and members of the gay muny. The clothg cha's CEO is notorly anti-gay and don't seem to md the pany's severe unrreprentatn of women when to learship posns. Cracker BarrelCracker Barrel has been tratg advot wh s overtly racist and anti-gay practic for years.

Carl's burger cha — which has no problem sellg s food wh sex — was found by vehemently anti-choice, anti-gay csar Carl Karcher. Gay rights groups dubbed his hamburgers 'bigot burgers' after Karcher supported a 1978 proposn that would have allowed school boards to fire teachers who were gay or advoted homosexualy. Levi'sThe jean manufacturer is a well-known supporter of marriage equaly, whose efforts rulted a 2010 GLAAD award for a pro-gay advertisement, and posive marks HRC's Buyer's Gui.

“And anti-gay discrimatn happens a broad range of ntexts, cludg outsi weddg servic. 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.