Ne of the biggt, most LGBTQ-supportive rporatns Ameri gave about $1 ln or more each to anti-gay policians the last electn cycle. Compani like AT&T, UPS, Comst, Home Depot and General Electric. All told, their donatns totaled almost $15 ln.
Contents:
- 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
- COMPANI TOUT GAY RIGHTS DURG PRI, GIVE TO ANTI-LGBT POLICIANS
7 COMPANI THAT DON'T SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS
While n be nvenient to go to Walmart or another big brand to grab a Pri T-shirt, we’re gog to look at how big rporatns are g Pri Month for money, and behd the scen are dog the exact oppose of supportg gay rights.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Corporate Equaly Inx is “the natnal benchmarkg tool on rporate polici, practic, and benefs pertent to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer employe. The Human Rights Campaign is Ameri’s largt civil rights anizatn workg to achieve equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people.
I assumed that mt have been verage om 2012, when folks boytted Chick-fil-A over some of the pany’s charable ntributns and polici and ments that Chick-fil-A’s CEO ma about gay no. " Moreover, before Exxon acquired Mobil 1999, Mobile had "polici to protect discrimatn agast gay men and lbians, and even offered benefs to same-sex upl, " but Exxon took that all away, acrdg to LGBT news se the Dallas perhaps a new low for the pany, the Human Right Campaign gave the massive employer a sre of below zero on s 2012 Corporate Equaly Inx, which measur LGBT equaly and workplace protectns.
DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS
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.
COMPANI TOUT GAY RIGHTS DURG PRI, GIVE TO ANTI-LGBT POLICIANS
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.
If Facebook is any ditor, many if not most of my iends have signed on to the Chick-fil-A boytt bee of that pany’s charable ntributns and polici and CEO Dan Cathy’s recent statements about gay marriage. “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. Ne of the biggt, most LGBTQ-supportive rporatns Ameri gave about $1 ln or more each to anti-gay policians the last electn cycle.