Category: boycott
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Bud Light Heir Denounces Dylan Mulvaney Transgender-Influencer Partnership
Rating: Trans supportive neutral phobic, National Review, August 6, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Bud Light Heir Denounces Dylan Mulvaney Transgender-Influencer Partnership‘My Ancestors Would Have Rolled Over in Their Graves’: Bud Light Heir Denounces Transgender-Influencer Partnership National Review ‘My Ancestors Would Have Rolled Over in Their Graves’: Bud Light Heir Denounces Transgender-Influencer Partnership By ARI…
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Costa Coffee faces boycott calls over transgender illustration
Rating: Transneutral, NBC News, August 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Costa Coffee faces boycott calls over transgender illustration Anti-LGBTQ social media users are threatening to boycott the world’s second-largest coffee chain after a photo of one of its mobile cafe vans, which bore an illustration of a transgender person, began to circulate…
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Right-wing media accuses Barbie of ‘forgetting core audience’ by ‘pushing’ LGBTQ+ stories
Ahead of the release of Greta Gerwig’s summer blockbuster Barbie, some right-wing publications are calling for a boycott over the film’s inclusive LGBTQ+ themes. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 19, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Bud Light: Gender Waffler
Subject to a right-wing boycott due to celebrating transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney’s transition anniversay, Anheuser Busch — the company that makes and markets Bud Light — waffled and withdrew support for Mulvaney, resulting in an LGBTQ+ boycott of what was the most popular brand of beer in the U.S. LOSER: GenderMenace.net Gender Waffler Award for…
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Target: Gender Waffler
Subject to a right-wing boycott for LGBTQ+ Pride displays and merchandise at its stores, Target waffled and moved displays to the rear of some stores and withdrew some merchandise, thus prompting an LGBTQ+ boycott as well. LOSER: GenderMenace.net Gender Waffler Award for June 2023
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Target Sees Small Win After Pride Collection Backlash
Major retailer Target has had a win after weeks of facing calls for a boycott over its support for the LGBTQ+ community. Rating: Transneutral, Newsweek, June 16, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)
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Target stores in Oklahoma evacuated after bomb threats
Target stores in Oklahoma were briefly evacuated over the weekend after receiving bomb threats. “We have to take it seriously,” Sgt. Rob Robertson of the Oklahoma City Police Department told media, even if it’s almost certainly a hoax. Rating: Transneutral, BoingBoing, June 12, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Target stores see more bomb threats over Pride merchandise
Target stores in at least five states were evacuated this weekend after receiving bomb threats. Though no explosives were discovered, the incidents tie into the backlash over the retail chain’s Pride Month merchandise. Rating: Transneutral, Washington Post, June 12, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Salena Zito: Target and Bud Light are hurting, but Mark Cuban says wokeness is good business
Mr. Todd said Bud Light’s too-cute-by-half decision to participate in transgender politics, as well as Target’s decision to promote social justice activism and Disney’s decision to pick a side in the culture wars prove these corporations still do not understand that people just don’t want politics — any type of politics — in their beer,…
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Boycott starts as Call of Duty removes Nickmercs skin for anti-Pride comment
Some fans have started boycotting Call of Duty after Activision removed the virtual skin of popular streamer Nickmercs. The publisher removed his skin bundle after he tweeted about a Pride incident that was interpreted as anti-LGBTQ+. Rating: Transneutral, VentureBeat, June 10, 2023 (PDF archive)