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- CSG PASTOR THAD MATTHEWS GO IN ON GAY PASTORS
- STARBUCKS UNN ANNOUNC STRIKE OVER ALLEGED PRI DERATN BANPUBLISHED 2 MONTHS AGO ON JUNE 23, 2023BY MATT KEELEY THE STARBUCKS UNN ANNOUNCED ON EARLY FRIDAY MORNG THAT STOR ACROSS THE UNED STAT WOULD STRIKE OVER AN ALLEGED BAN ON PRI RATNS STOR.“STRIKE WITH PRIDE! SEATTLE ROASTERY LEADS NATNWI STARBUCKS STRIKE OVER STARBUCKS’ HYPOCRIL TREATMENT OF LGBTQIA+ WORKERS. OVER 150+ STOR AND 3,500 WORKERS WILL BE ON STRIKE OVER THE URSE OF THE NEXT WEEK,” THE STARBUCKS WORKERS UNED UNN TWEETED.THE SEATTLE ROASTERY IS ONE OF THE PANY’S FLAGSHIP STOR S HOMETOWN. IN A STRIKE LETTER ALSO POSTED FRIDAY, THE STARBUCKS UNN SAYS THAT THE RPORATN DON’T REGNIZE THE UNN AND HAS REFED TO BARGA WH . THE LETTER ALSO IS MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT S MANDS.“WE ARE TAKG LLECTIVE ACTN RPONSE TO THE PANY’S UNLAWFUL CISN TO UNILATERALLY ALTER OR TERMATE STORE PRI RATN POLICI WHOUT NEGOTIATG WH OUR UNN. WE ARE ALSO STRIKG OVER NUMERO UNFAIR LABOR PRACTIC, CLUDG BUT NOT LIMED TO THE PANY’S REFAL TO NEGOTIATE OVER A FIRST LABOR NTRACT,” THE LETTER READ.STARBUCKS NI THAT S POLICI ON PRI RATNS HAS CHANGED, ACRDG TO NBC NEWS. THOUGH THE STARBUCKS UNN SAYS WORKERS AT SOME STOR WERE TOLD THAT THERE WEREN’T “LABOR HOURS” AVAILABLE TO SPEND RATG, OR THAT BLOCKG WDOWS WH FLAGS WAS A SAFETY NCERN, STARBUCKS REFUT THE ALLEGATNS.“WE UNWAVERGLY SUPPORT THE LGBTQIA2+ MUNY. THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE TO ANY POLICY ON THIS MATTER AND WE NTUE TO ENURAGE OUR STORE LEARS TO CELEBRATE WH THEIR MUNI CLUDG FOR U.S. PRI MONTH JUNE,” ANDREW TLL, A SPOKPERSON FOR THE PANY, TOLD NBC NEWS.“WE’RE EPLY NCERNED BY FALSE RMATN THAT IS BEG SPREAD PECIALLY AS RELAT TO OUR CLIVE STORE ENVIRONMENTS, OUR PANY CULTURE, AND THE BENEFS WE OFFER OUR PARTNERS,” TLL NTUED. “THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE TO ANY POLICY ON THIS MATTER AND WE NTUE TO ENURAGE OUR STORE LEARS TO CELEBRATE WH THEIR MUNI CLUDG FOR U.S. PRI MONTH JUNE.”THE STARBUCKS UNN CED POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA OM STARBUCKS WORKERS SHARG THAT THEY WERE TOLD TO TAKE DOWN PRI RATNS OR THAT THEY WEREN’T ALLOWED TO PUT THEM UP THE FIRST PLACE.STARBUCKS CORPORATE IS NYG ANY CHANGE TO THEIR POLICI ON PRI THIS YEAR – BUT IF THAT WERE TE, WHY ARE THERE UNTLS STORI WHERE WORKERS ARE CLAIMG THE OPPOSE? HERE'S JT SOME OF WHAT'S BEEN SENT TO ON SOCIAL MEDIA: — STARBUCKS WORKERS UNED (@SBWORKERSUNED) JUNE 13, 2023THE UNN ALSO POSTED A VIO SHOWG WORKERS TAKG DOWN THE RATNS, AND ANOTHER WH PRI FLAGS STORED A BUCKET DURG PRI MONTH.AT THIS STORE WISNS, STARBUCKS PARTNERS WERE TOLD PRI RATNS WERE OKAY – ONLY TO LATER HAVE THEIR DISTRICT MANAGER MAND THEY BE TAKEN DOWN FOR "NOT BEG WELG TO EVERYONE." — STARBUCKS WORKERS UNED (@SBWORKERSUNED) JUNE 13, 2023STARBUCKS DO SELL PRI MERCHANDISE, CLUDG A NEW LE OF TUMBLERS SIGNED BY A LGBTQ ARTIST. HOWEVER, ’S UNCLEAR OM THE PANY’S WEBSE IF ANY PROCEEDS GO TO ANY LGBTQ CHARI OR . THE PANY ALSO TOUTS S SUPPORT OF LGBTQ WH AN OFFICIAL “HISTORY OF LGBTQIA2+ INCLN” TIMELE ON S SE.THOUGH STARBUCKS MAY BACK PRI CELEBRATNS AT A RPORATE LEVEL, THE PRO-LABOR ANIZATN MORE PERFECT UNN SAYS OBTAED EMAILS SHOWG THAT EXECUTIV MOVED TO NCEL PRI CELEBRATNS AT STOR ACROSS THREE STAT.“I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN SOME NCERNS AROUND NOT RATG FOR PRI THIS YEAR,” A STORE MANAGER OKLAHOMA CY WROTE TO WORKERS EARLY JUNE, ACRDG TO MORE PERFECT UNN. “THE CISN WAS MA LAST YEAR ON A REGNAL LEVEL TO CREATE NSISTENCY OM STORE TO STORE.”THE STRIKE IS SET TO LAST UNTIL 11:59 P.M. ON SUNDAY, WHEN THE STARBUCKS UNN PROMIS TO “UNNDNALLY RETURN TO WORK AT THAT TIME.”FEATURED IMAGE BY GOTOVAN VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS UNR CREATIVE COMMONS LICENCE.CONTUE READGLGBTHOCKEY COMMISSNER BANS ALL SPECIAL JERSEYS AFTER RABOW UNIFORM ROWPUBLISHED 2 MONTHS AGO ON JUNE 23, 2023BY MATT KEELEY THE NATNAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ISSUED A BAN THIS WEEK ON SPECIALTY JERSEYS—CLUDG SPECIAL RABOW ON FOR LGBTQ PRI NIGHTS–AFTER SOME PLAYERS OBJECTED TO WEARG THEM.GARY BETTMAN, NHL MISSNER, SAID THAT THE JERSEYS HAD “BEE A DISTRACTN,” ACRDG TO LGBTQ NATN.“ALL OF OUR CLUBS HOST NIGHTS HONOR OF VAR GROUPS OR , AND WE’D RATHER THEY NTUE TO GET THE APPROPRIATE ATTENTN THEY SERVE AND NOT BE A DISTRACTN,” BETTMAN SAID.HE NFIRMED THAT PRI NIGHTS, AS WELL AS OTHER THEME NIGHTS, WOULD STILL HAPPEN. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT PLAYERS WILL WEAR THEIR STANDARD JERSEYS DURG THE GAM. SIARLY, TEAMS N MAKE THEMED JERSEYS TO SELL, BUT PLAYERS N’T WEAR THEM ON THE ICE.BEFORE THE NEW LE, THEME NIGHTS—CLUDG NIGHTS FOR ARY APPRECIATN AS WELL AS SPECIAL ANTI-NCER EVENTS—OFTEN HAD PLAYERS WEARG SPECIAL JERSEYS. SIAR TO HOW PRI JERSEYS ARE FTOONED WH RABOWS, ARY APPRECIATN JERSEYS ARE UALLY ARY DRAB WH MOUFLAGE PRT. LAVENR JERSEYS WERE WORN FOR THE HOCKEY FIGHTS CANCER NIGHTS.READ MORE: BASEBALL COMMISSNER SAYS PRI JERSEYS MAKE SOME PLAYERS ‘UNFORTABLE’THE NEWS ABOUT THE HOCKEY JERSEYS A WEEK AFTER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL COMMISSNER ROB MANED ADVISED TEAMS TO NOT WEAR PRI-THEMED UNIFORMS BEE MA SOME PLAYERS “UNFORTABLE.”“WE HAVE TOLD TEAMS, TERMS OF ACTUAL UNIFORMS, HATS, BAS THAT WE DON’T THK PUTTG LOGOS ON THEM IS A GOOD IA JT BEE OF THE SIRE TO PROTECT PLAYERS: NOT PUTTG THEM A POSN OF DOG SOMETHG THAT MAY MAKE THEM UNFORTABLE BEE OF THEIR PERSONAL VIEWS,” MANED SAID.THIS YEAR, A FEW NHL PLAYERS HAVE REFED TO WEAR THE PRI JERSEYS. THIS JANUARY, IVAN PROVOROV OF THE PHILALPHIA FLYERS SAID WEARG ONE WOULD BE AGAST HIS RELIG BELIEFS. TWO MONTHS LATER, SAN JOSE SHARK JAM REIMER SAID THE SAME THG.IN MARCH, THE CHIGO BLACKHAWKS SAID THEY WOULDN’T WEAR PRI JERSEYS AT ALL, BLAMG RSIAN PRINT VLADIMIR PUT’S BAN ON LGBTQ “PROPAGANDA.” THE BLACKHAWKS SAID THEY WANTED TO PROTECT THEIR RSIAN PLAYERS.THOUGH ALL SPECIALTY JERSEYS ARE BANNED, DO NOT APPEAR THAT ANY PLAYERS OBJECTED TO ANY OF THE OTHER PROMOTNS.THE CISN HAS BEEN PANNED BY MANY. YOU CAN PLAY, A GROUP PROMOTG CLIVY PROFSNAL SPORTS, SAID THAT PRR TO THIS CISN THE NHL WAS “A LEAR AMONG MAJOR SPORTG ANIZATNS” TERMS OF “ADVANCG VISIBILY AND ACCEPTANCE” OF THE QUEER MUNY.“TODAY’S CISN MEANS THAT THE OVER 95 PERCENT OF PLAYERS WHO CHOSE TO WEAR A PRI JERSEY TO SUPPORT THE MUNY WILL NOW NOT GET AN OPPORTUNY TO DO SO,” THE ANIZATN SAID A STATEMENT.CANADIAN LGBTQ ACTIVIST FAE JOHNSTONE SHARED HER DISAPPOTMENT ON TWTER.“WHEN I WAS GROWG UP AS A CLOSETED QUEER KID WHO LOVED HOCKEY, WOULD’VE MA MY DAY TO SEE TEAMS WEARG PRI JERSEYS. WOULD’VE SENT A POWERFUL MSAGE TO MY TEAMMAT TOO. SHAME ON THE NHL BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR VG TO BIGOTRY,” SHE WROTE.SPORTS AGENT ALLAN WALSH ALSO HAD HARSH WORDS FOR THE NHL.“THE NHL’S CISN TO BAN PLAYERS OM WEARG SPECIALTY JERSEYS PRE-GAME WARMS UP IS GUTLS. PRI NIGHT, MILARY APPRECIATN, HOCKEY FIGHTS CANCER, BLACK HISTORY. 99% OF PLAYERS HAD NO ISSU WEARG A SPECIALTY JERSEY. TYPIL NHL, GOG 60 MIL PER HOUR REVERSE,” HE SAID.STOCK PHOTO OM PEXELS ED UNR CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE.CONTUE READGLGBTTRANS MAN SAYS WALGREENS PHARMACIST REF TO GIVE HIM HIS HORMONE PRCRIPTN
CSG PASTOR THAD MATTHEWS GO IN ON GAY PASTORS
Washgton, DC – Today LGBTQ Victory Fund, the only natnal anizatn dited to electg LGBTQ lears to public office, nmned Memphis-based rad talk show host Thad Matthews for homophobic ments and false accatns targetg Memphis Cy Council ndidate Dav Clemons.
STARBUCKS UNN ANNOUNC STRIKE OVER ALLEGED PRI DERATN BANPUBLISHED 2 MONTHS AGO ON JUNE 23, 2023BY MATT KEELEY THE STARBUCKS UNN ANNOUNCED ON EARLY FRIDAY MORNG THAT STOR ACROSS THE UNED STAT WOULD STRIKE OVER AN ALLEGED BAN ON PRI RATNS STOR.“STRIKE WITH PRIDE! SEATTLE ROASTERY LEADS NATNWI STARBUCKS STRIKE OVER STARBUCKS’ HYPOCRIL TREATMENT OF LGBTQIA+ WORKERS. OVER 150+ STOR AND 3,500 WORKERS WILL BE ON STRIKE OVER THE URSE OF THE NEXT WEEK,” THE STARBUCKS WORKERS UNED UNN TWEETED.THE SEATTLE ROASTERY IS ONE OF THE PANY’S FLAGSHIP STOR S HOMETOWN. IN A STRIKE LETTER ALSO POSTED FRIDAY, THE STARBUCKS UNN SAYS THAT THE RPORATN DON’T REGNIZE THE UNN AND HAS REFED TO BARGA WH . THE LETTER ALSO IS MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT S MANDS.“WE ARE TAKG LLECTIVE ACTN RPONSE TO THE PANY’S UNLAWFUL CISN TO UNILATERALLY ALTER OR TERMATE STORE PRI RATN POLICI WHOUT NEGOTIATG WH OUR UNN. WE ARE ALSO STRIKG OVER NUMERO UNFAIR LABOR PRACTIC, CLUDG BUT NOT LIMED TO THE PANY’S REFAL TO NEGOTIATE OVER A FIRST LABOR NTRACT,” THE LETTER READ.STARBUCKS NI THAT S POLICI ON PRI RATNS HAS CHANGED, ACRDG TO NBC NEWS. THOUGH THE STARBUCKS UNN SAYS WORKERS AT SOME STOR WERE TOLD THAT THERE WEREN’T “LABOR HOURS” AVAILABLE TO SPEND RATG, OR THAT BLOCKG WDOWS WH FLAGS WAS A SAFETY NCERN, STARBUCKS REFUT THE ALLEGATNS.“WE UNWAVERGLY SUPPORT THE LGBTQIA2+ MUNY. THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE TO ANY POLICY ON THIS MATTER AND WE NTUE TO ENURAGE OUR STORE LEARS TO CELEBRATE WH THEIR MUNI CLUDG FOR U.S. PRI MONTH JUNE,” ANDREW TLL, A SPOKPERSON FOR THE PANY, TOLD NBC NEWS.“WE’RE EPLY NCERNED BY FALSE RMATN THAT IS BEG SPREAD PECIALLY AS RELAT TO OUR CLIVE STORE ENVIRONMENTS, OUR PANY CULTURE, AND THE BENEFS WE OFFER OUR PARTNERS,” TLL NTUED. “THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE TO ANY POLICY ON THIS MATTER AND WE NTUE TO ENURAGE OUR STORE LEARS TO CELEBRATE WH THEIR MUNI CLUDG FOR U.S. PRI MONTH JUNE.”THE STARBUCKS UNN CED POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA OM STARBUCKS WORKERS SHARG THAT THEY WERE TOLD TO TAKE DOWN PRI RATNS OR THAT THEY WEREN’T ALLOWED TO PUT THEM UP THE FIRST PLACE.STARBUCKS CORPORATE IS NYG ANY CHANGE TO THEIR POLICI ON PRI THIS YEAR – BUT IF THAT WERE TE, WHY ARE THERE UNTLS STORI WHERE WORKERS ARE CLAIMG THE OPPOSE? HERE'S JT SOME OF WHAT'S BEEN SENT TO ON SOCIAL MEDIA: — STARBUCKS WORKERS UNED (@SBWORKERSUNED) JUNE 13, 2023THE UNN ALSO POSTED A VIO SHOWG WORKERS TAKG DOWN THE RATNS, AND ANOTHER WH PRI FLAGS STORED A BUCKET DURG PRI MONTH.AT THIS STORE WISNS, STARBUCKS PARTNERS WERE TOLD PRI RATNS WERE OKAY – ONLY TO LATER HAVE THEIR DISTRICT MANAGER MAND THEY BE TAKEN DOWN FOR "NOT BEG WELG TO EVERYONE." — STARBUCKS WORKERS UNED (@SBWORKERSUNED) JUNE 13, 2023STARBUCKS DO SELL PRI MERCHANDISE, CLUDG A NEW LE OF TUMBLERS SIGNED BY A LGBTQ ARTIST. HOWEVER, ’S UNCLEAR OM THE PANY’S WEBSE IF ANY PROCEEDS GO TO ANY LGBTQ CHARI OR . THE PANY ALSO TOUTS S SUPPORT OF LGBTQ WH AN OFFICIAL “HISTORY OF LGBTQIA2+ INCLN” TIMELE ON S SE.THOUGH STARBUCKS MAY BACK PRI CELEBRATNS AT A RPORATE LEVEL, THE PRO-LABOR ANIZATN MORE PERFECT UNN SAYS OBTAED EMAILS SHOWG THAT EXECUTIV MOVED TO NCEL PRI CELEBRATNS AT STOR ACROSS THREE STAT.“I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN SOME NCERNS AROUND NOT RATG FOR PRI THIS YEAR,” A STORE MANAGER OKLAHOMA CY WROTE TO WORKERS EARLY JUNE, ACRDG TO MORE PERFECT UNN. “THE CISN WAS MA LAST YEAR ON A REGNAL LEVEL TO CREATE NSISTENCY OM STORE TO STORE.”THE STRIKE IS SET TO LAST UNTIL 11:59 P.M. ON SUNDAY, WHEN THE STARBUCKS UNN PROMIS TO “UNNDNALLY RETURN TO WORK AT THAT TIME.”FEATURED IMAGE BY GOTOVAN VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS UNR CREATIVE COMMONS LICENCE.CONTUE READGLGBTHOCKEY COMMISSNER BANS ALL SPECIAL JERSEYS AFTER RABOW UNIFORM ROWPUBLISHED 2 MONTHS AGO ON JUNE 23, 2023BY MATT KEELEY THE NATNAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ISSUED A BAN THIS WEEK ON SPECIALTY JERSEYS—CLUDG SPECIAL RABOW ON FOR LGBTQ PRI NIGHTS–AFTER SOME PLAYERS OBJECTED TO WEARG THEM.GARY BETTMAN, NHL MISSNER, SAID THAT THE JERSEYS HAD “BEE A DISTRACTN,” ACRDG TO LGBTQ NATN.“ALL OF OUR CLUBS HOST NIGHTS HONOR OF VAR GROUPS OR , AND WE’D RATHER THEY NTUE TO GET THE APPROPRIATE ATTENTN THEY SERVE AND NOT BE A DISTRACTN,” BETTMAN SAID.HE NFIRMED THAT PRI NIGHTS, AS WELL AS OTHER THEME NIGHTS, WOULD STILL HAPPEN. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT PLAYERS WILL WEAR THEIR STANDARD JERSEYS DURG THE GAM. SIARLY, TEAMS N MAKE THEMED JERSEYS TO SELL, BUT PLAYERS N’T WEAR THEM ON THE ICE.BEFORE THE NEW LE, THEME NIGHTS—CLUDG NIGHTS FOR ARY APPRECIATN AS WELL AS SPECIAL ANTI-NCER EVENTS—OFTEN HAD PLAYERS WEARG SPECIAL JERSEYS. SIAR TO HOW PRI JERSEYS ARE FTOONED WH RABOWS, ARY APPRECIATN JERSEYS ARE UALLY ARY DRAB WH MOUFLAGE PRT. LAVENR JERSEYS WERE WORN FOR THE HOCKEY FIGHTS CANCER NIGHTS.READ MORE: BASEBALL COMMISSNER SAYS PRI JERSEYS MAKE SOME PLAYERS ‘UNFORTABLE’THE NEWS ABOUT THE HOCKEY JERSEYS A WEEK AFTER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL COMMISSNER ROB MANED ADVISED TEAMS TO NOT WEAR PRI-THEMED UNIFORMS BEE MA SOME PLAYERS “UNFORTABLE.”“WE HAVE TOLD TEAMS, TERMS OF ACTUAL UNIFORMS, HATS, BAS THAT WE DON’T THK PUTTG LOGOS ON THEM IS A GOOD IA JT BEE OF THE SIRE TO PROTECT PLAYERS: NOT PUTTG THEM A POSN OF DOG SOMETHG THAT MAY MAKE THEM UNFORTABLE BEE OF THEIR PERSONAL VIEWS,” MANED SAID.THIS YEAR, A FEW NHL PLAYERS HAVE REFED TO WEAR THE PRI JERSEYS. THIS JANUARY, IVAN PROVOROV OF THE PHILALPHIA FLYERS SAID WEARG ONE WOULD BE AGAST HIS RELIG BELIEFS. TWO MONTHS LATER, SAN JOSE SHARK JAM REIMER SAID THE SAME THG.IN MARCH, THE CHIGO BLACKHAWKS SAID THEY WOULDN’T WEAR PRI JERSEYS AT ALL, BLAMG RSIAN PRINT VLADIMIR PUT’S BAN ON LGBTQ “PROPAGANDA.” THE BLACKHAWKS SAID THEY WANTED TO PROTECT THEIR RSIAN PLAYERS.THOUGH ALL SPECIALTY JERSEYS ARE BANNED, DO NOT APPEAR THAT ANY PLAYERS OBJECTED TO ANY OF THE OTHER PROMOTNS.THE CISN HAS BEEN PANNED BY MANY. YOU CAN PLAY, A GROUP PROMOTG CLIVY PROFSNAL SPORTS, SAID THAT PRR TO THIS CISN THE NHL WAS “A LEAR AMONG MAJOR SPORTG ANIZATNS” TERMS OF “ADVANCG VISIBILY AND ACCEPTANCE” OF THE QUEER MUNY.“TODAY’S CISN MEANS THAT THE OVER 95 PERCENT OF PLAYERS WHO CHOSE TO WEAR A PRI JERSEY TO SUPPORT THE MUNY WILL NOW NOT GET AN OPPORTUNY TO DO SO,” THE ANIZATN SAID A STATEMENT.CANADIAN LGBTQ ACTIVIST FAE JOHNSTONE SHARED HER DISAPPOTMENT ON TWTER.“WHEN I WAS GROWG UP AS A CLOSETED QUEER KID WHO LOVED HOCKEY, WOULD’VE MA MY DAY TO SEE TEAMS WEARG PRI JERSEYS. WOULD’VE SENT A POWERFUL MSAGE TO MY TEAMMAT TOO. SHAME ON THE NHL BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR VG TO BIGOTRY,” SHE WROTE.SPORTS AGENT ALLAN WALSH ALSO HAD HARSH WORDS FOR THE NHL.“THE NHL’S CISN TO BAN PLAYERS OM WEARG SPECIALTY JERSEYS PRE-GAME WARMS UP IS GUTLS. PRI NIGHT, MILARY APPRECIATN, HOCKEY FIGHTS CANCER, BLACK HISTORY. 99% OF PLAYERS HAD NO ISSU WEARG A SPECIALTY JERSEY. TYPIL NHL, GOG 60 MIL PER HOUR REVERSE,” HE SAID.STOCK PHOTO OM PEXELS ED UNR CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE.CONTUE READGLGBTTRANS MAN SAYS WALGREENS PHARMACIST REF TO GIVE HIM HIS HORMONE PRCRIPTN
On his rad show Monday night, Matthews stat he is only terted the Memphis mayoral race and the district six uncil race – and be clear his tert district six is bee Clemons is an openly gay ndidate.
Matthews says, “I’m not gog to hold him beg a homosexual agast him, ” but Matthews repeatedly stat he supports Clemons’ opponent bee he is a “fay man” and that his “wife is a woman.
He is attemptg to explo the tired and homophobic stereotype of gay men as sexual predators, but we have learned the attacks are creasgly rejected by voters Tennsee and across the untry.