'Legitimate anxiety': Anti-LGBTQ activists flex muscles, brands get tentative about Pride | Advertising
Bud Light. Target. Kohl’s. Even Chick-fil-A. Brands know they could be the next to be targeted for celebrating Pride.
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Bud Light. Target. Kohl’s. Even Chick-fil-A. Brands know they could be the next to be targeted for celebrating Pride.
A new report from GLAAD found that 84 per cent of non-LGBTQ+ people in America support equal rights for the queer community.
A new GLAAD study found that less than a third of non-LGBT adults personally know a transgender person.
Recent pushback against businesses such as Anheuser-Busch and Target, blatantly organized by extremist groups, serves as a wake up call for all businesses that support the LGBTQ+ community. We've seen this extremist playbook of attacks before. Their goal is clear: to prevent LGBTQ+ inclusion and representation, silence our allies and make our community invisible. These attacks fuel hate against LGBTQ+ people, just as we've seen this year with more than 500 anti-LGBTQ+ bills that restrict basic freedoms and aim to erase LGBTQ+ people.
The findings are disturbing but not surprising, given anti-LGBTQ+ activity in state legislatures.