Pri is a time to celebrate and honor the LGBTQIA+ people who have fought for equal rights before the law—sometim lerally, like the crowds at Stonewall, who fend themselv agast ps raidg the New York Cy gay bar 50 years ago this month.
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- DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS
- AT&T AGAST GAY RIGHTS
- HOW TO WATCH BRIAN GAY AT THE AT&T PEBBLE BEACH PRO-AM: LIVE STREAM, TV CHANNEL, ODDS
- AM I GAY?
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS
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. * gay att *
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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.
AT&T AGAST GAY RIGHTS
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Ne of the biggt, most LGBTQ-supportive rporatns Ameri gave about $1 ln or more each to anti-gay policians the last electn cycle. 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.
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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.
AM I GAY?
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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. Many rporatns are showg support for LGBTQ+ muni, but at the same time many donate to policians who vote agast gay rights. Virgia Foxx, a member of Congrs om North Carola, has a long rerd of opposg gay rights.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Major pani are makg gay, lbian, and 'transgenr' a stronger part of their culture and phg others to get on board. * gay att *
She has gone so far as to claim that Matthew Shepard — a llege stunt murred a hate crime — was not killed bee he was gay.
”Nohels, the executiv of Comst, the media pany, have cid that Foxx serv the pany’s support: It recently donated money to Foxx’s polil actn Colls, a Hoe member om Geia, is also an opponent of gay rights.
Activist, cricized some rporatns’ role Pri celebratns: “They’re there to market to what they perceive as an affluent gay muny.
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gay att *
Pri is a time to celebrate and honor the LGBTQIA+ people who have fought for equal rights before the law—sometim lerally, like the crowds at Stonewall, who fend themselv agast ps raidg the New York Cy gay bar 50 years ago this month. It would all be a fairly typil rporate virtue wash, yet some of the same pani also quietly give tens of thoands—if not lns—of dollars through their polil PACs to Republins who actively work agast gay and trans rporatns like AT&T, Verizon, Johnson & Johnson, donate bee they hope to get somethg out of : whether ’s the posive marketg of a Pri float, or swearg a polician they hope will regulate their dtry.