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  • NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans

    Rating: Transneutral, AP News, February 15, 2025, (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Suggest/Improve an Action on the Action Portal! Content Summary NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans A community member…

  • The active trans erasure happening at the Stonewall Inn, and what we can do about it

    The active trans erasure happening at the Stonewall Inn, and what we can do about it

    Rating: Transsupportive, Queer Crimson Diaries, February 14, 2025, (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Suggest/Improve an Action on the Action Portal! Content Summary The active trans erasure happening at the Stonewall Inn, and what we can do about it The Queer Crimson Diaries Feb 14, 2025 Yesterday, The National Park Service casually scrubbed…

  • J.K. Rowling’s ‘No Trans Kids’ Claim and the 2024 Backlash

    J.K. Rowling’s ‘No Trans Kids’ Claim and the 2024 Backlash

    Rating: Transsupportive, Transvitae, December 31, 2024 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary J.K. Rowling’s ‘No Trans Kids’ Claim and the 2024 Backlash This article examines J.K. Rowling’s stance on transgender rights, particularly her claim that “there are no trans kids,” which has reignited controversy throughout 2024. Explore the debates stirred by…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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)

  • 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…

  • 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

  • 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)

  • 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)