Toyota faces backlash for backtracking on DEI, LGBTQ+ efforts
Plus, learn more about Robby Starbuck: the conservative activist targeting companies to drop their support of LGBTQ+ events and DEI efforts.
October 10, 2024
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Uber Begs Customers Not to Boycott in Light of Sexual Harassment Allegations
The ride-sharing company is in damage control mode after a female former employee blogged about alleged institutionalized sexual harassment.
February 23, 2017
Antigay group drops plans to boycott Wal-Mart
An antigay Christian group that had called on supporters to boycott Wal-Mart's post-Thanksgiving Day sales to protest the retailer's support of gay rights groups has withdrawn its objections amid allegations that the retail giant caved to pressure.
November 22, 2006
Gallup Poll: A Record Number of Americans Identify as LGBT
More Americans than ever -- especially millennials -- say they're part of the LGBT community, according to a new report.
January 12, 2017
Iowa Venue Refuses to Host Gay Wedding
Despite the state's marriage equality and antidiscrimination laws, the Mennonite owners of The Gortz Haus say they have the right to refuse service to gay couples based on their religious beliefs.
August 8, 2013
Op-ed: Finding 'Queer' Through Leslie Feinberg's 'Stone Butch Blues'
Memoirist Daisy Hernandez, in tribute to the late author and activist Leslie Feinberg, recalls the words and places that Feinberg's classic novel evokes for her.
November 26, 2014
Trump Appointee Denounces 'Homo-Empire,' 'Tyrannical LGBT Agenda'
Merritt Corrigan of USAID is just the latest in a string of anti-LGBTQ+, antifeminist appointees in the administration.
June 11, 2020
These queer farmers and ranchers are boycotting Tractor Supply and want you to join them
After the feed and farm retailer issued a statement disavowing all diversity efforts, queer people who shopped there say no more.
July 5, 2024
Target Boycott Grows as Supporters Launch Counter Petition
The LGBT hate group American Family Association has surpassed the half-million mark in pledges to boycott the retailer over its support of transgender customers and employees.
April 25, 2016
Christian Right Group Reignites Target Boycott
The American Family Association is repeating its call to boycott Target over its inclusive restroom policy.
July 24, 2018
Side of Guac. With Your Hate?
L.A. eatery El Coyote, long known for attracting a heavily LGBT client base, is facing the heat now that bloggers have revealed one of the managers, who is a niece of the original owners, had donated to the pro-Proposition 8 campaign. El Coyote's answer: a free lunch/press conference giving her a forum to explain her decision. But the 70-some people in attendance were none too pleased with what they heard. Is a boycott the answer?
November 12, 2008
Target to Install Gender-Neutral Bathrooms in All of Its Stores
The company will spend $20 million to outfit its 1,800 locations with inclusive facilities.
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August 18, 2016
Target CEO: Trans-Inclusive Policy Hasn't Hurt Sales
In the face of a conservative boycott, Target CEO Brian Cornell reaffirmed his belief that diversity is good business.
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May 20, 2016
This Hate Group Is 'Testing' Target's Bathroom Policy
The hate group is sending cisgender men into women's restooms after the retail chain stood by its trans-supportive bathroom policy.
May 2, 2016
Target ending DEI proves when you follow Trump, on anything, you always lose in the end
Opinion: Gone, and perhaps irretrievably so, are the days when Target was at the forefront of corporate inclusivity, writes John Casey.
May 22, 2025
Here's how far-right activist Leonard Leo helped fund Bud Light boycott
Leo, board cochair at the Federalist Society, gave $350,000 to the group that called for a boycott over the brand's partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
July 23, 2024
Wells Fargo Won't Pull Ad Featuring Lesbians
The LGBT-friendly bank that lost the accounts of evangelist Franklin Graham over its pro-equality campaign says it won't pull its ad featuring a lesbian couple.
June 15, 2015
Matt Walsh Is Still Totally Triggered by Bud Light
It's been eight months since Dylan Mulvaney promoted Bud Light in an Instagram video, and Matt Walsh is still obsessed with her.
December 14, 2023