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
- BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
7 COMPANI THAT DON'T SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS
The Human Rights Campaign is Ameri’s largt civil rights anizatn workg to achieve equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people. 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.
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. It’s crazy that this even needs to be said, but all LGBTQ people should boytt the Herage of Pri until they make sure none of the sponsors fund anti-gay legislatn. " 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.
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.
DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS
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.
BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
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.
Santom, the former senator of Pennsylvania, is famo for his anti-gay ments, and also his mment to not support legal protectn for those same-sex relatnships. This ternatnal anizatn do not fd favor wh atheists or homosexuals, which n be traced back to s affiliatn wh var church cludg Methodist and Mormon that have adopted the Suts. In 1973, this Colorado brewg pany announced that would not hire gay people, and would go so far as to polygraph tt anyone wanted to terme sexual orientatn.
The boytt began and lasted until 1993, when Coors relented and created the Lbian and Gay Employee Rource (LAGER), and 1995 extend benefs to same-sex employe. Some Coors fay foundatns have donated money to rightwg mpaigns that are anti-gay. While formerly plyg wh the Amerin Fay Associatn to pull ads emed “immoral, ” Pura also hasn’t taken a sgle paw-step towards protectg s gay sisters and brothers who sop out the doggie chow.