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- TARGET LNCH GAY PRI PRODUCTS: WE ‘PROUDLY STAND WH THE LGBT MUNY’
- REHOBOTH’S GALLERY 50 TO HOST SHOWS BY TWO GAY ARTISTS
TARGET LNCH GAY PRI PRODUCTS: WE ‘PROUDLY STAND WH THE LGBT MUNY’
“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. “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. ‘Gay’ green jumpsuThen there’s the green jumpsu that jt says the one word — “gay” — on the back.
”But the “gay” green jumpsu still had s crics. One simply says “better out than ” — and another has ught attentn for s choice of words: “not me livg my gayt life. — 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 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) — 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.
REHOBOTH’S GALLERY 50 TO HOST SHOWS BY TWO GAY ARTISTS
” they was set to fly durg Pri month — then California town cried as ‘divisive’No, Spir Halloween don’t sell ‘Gay Guy’ stum.
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As queer Amerins face a historic onslght of anti-LGBTQ legislatn, a normalizg of homophobic and transphobic rhetoric om right-wg policians and a surge of vlent attacks, Target’s standout msage for Pri Month is simple: “Live Lgh Lbian. Other noteworthy ems clu a ffee mug that says “genr fluid”; rabow outfs for pets; a Drag Queen Bird Derative Figure; a jumpsu that simply says “GAY” massive letters; a tote bag wh an image of a woman lookg off to the distance and text that reads “By thkg about girls”; and a graphic T-shirt wh an illtratn of a skeleton bendg s wrist and sayg, “Is he … you know?