Category: people
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Army Cautiously Jabbing Back as GOP Chastises Military as ‘Woke’
The services have come under near constant attacks on Capitol Hill over the past year, with Republican lawmakers claiming the military is getting soft due to its embrace of racial minorities, women and LGBTQ+ troops. The criticism comes at a particularly sensitive time for the Army, which had its worst recruiting year in decades in…
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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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Lauren Boebert’s Transphobic Bud Light Nickname Draws Conservative Laughter
Boebert, a Colorado Republican, derailed corporate “wokeism” during her speech at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver on Friday. She highlighted conservatives’ boycotts against Bud Light, the beer brand that faced right-wing outrage for sending a commemorative beer can to influencer and activist Dylan Mulvaney to celebrate the one-year mark of her gender transition. During the GOP…
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Taylor Swift’s Pride Month Lecture Shows the Singer No Longer Wants to Stay Politically Neutral
A hit piece on Taylor Swift for pointing out the pain of the LGBTQ and queer community in the face of an onslaught of harmful legislation in the U.S. Rating: Transphobic, OutKick, June 10, 2023 (PDF archive)
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‘The View’ explodes over criticism of drag queens: They ‘don’t even like children!’
Co-host Whoopi Goldberg argued the GOP lawmakers restricting ‘gender-arming care’ for kids make them feel like they ‘don’t deserve to live’ Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, June 9, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)
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Gay congressman Robert Garcia honours RuPaul on House floor
Gay Democrat Robert Garcia has celebrated Pride Month by celebrating drag icon RuPaul’s legacy on the US House floor. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 8, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Corie Mattie Trolls Ron DeSantis With Guerrilla Street Art Campaign In Orlando
Corie Mattie, aka the LA Hope Dealer, returned to the Florida city she once called home with a blunt message for the 2024 presidential candidate. Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)
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Brianna Ghey: Mum of teen trans girl killed in park says daughter’s death ‘cannot be for nothing’
The mum of Brianna Ghey, the teenage trans girl tragically killed in a park, has launched a fundraiser for a mindfulness charity in her daughter’s memory, telling PinkNews her death “cannot be for nothing”. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 6, 2023 (PDF archive)