25 Companies Boycotts For Supporting LGBT Rights, Stonewall Anniversary And More

Thursday, June 28, 2012

25 Companies And Products Faced With Boycotts After Gay Rights Support

Oreo is hardly the first to experience a backlash of conservative consumers after publicly supporting LGBT rights. Target, American Apparel and Starbucks are just three other corporations which were faced with anti-gay boycotts after either publicly endorsing LGBT rights themselves or releasing special products which did so. And let's not forget about J.C. Penney, which has been condemned at least three times this year alone after hiring Ellen DeGeneres as their spokesperson and featuring same-sex couples in Mother's Day and Father's Day catalogs respectively.

Take a look at 25 brands and companies which have faced an anti-gay backlash.

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BLOG POSTS

	Scott G. Brown: The Stonewall Riots, 43 Years Later: Reflections of One of the Oldest Surviving Veterans of the Seminal Uprising The riots were a reflection of the innermost feelings and sentiments of the crowd, who were fed up with the harassment and assaults at the hands of the police. They fought back that night, probably because the police targeted the drag queens and transvestites when making the arrests.
	Sean Cahill: The Supreme Court's Ruling Upholding the ACA Is Especially Important for LGBT People and Those Living With HIV/AIDS LGBT people are much less likely to have insurance, and lesbians and transgender people are much less likely than others to access preventive health care. For these reasons, the ACA's expansion of health-care access is critically important to LGBT Americans.
	Megan Ward: Chuck Norris Is the Biggest Chuck Norris Joke Did you hear the one about Chuck Norris being homophobic? Yeah, not so funny anymore is he? This action star (and I use the word 'star' loosely) has taken a stand against allowing gay leaders and scouts in the Boy Scouts of America.
	Tanene Allison: A Teen Lesbian Couple Is Shot and Left For Dead: What Matters Most Now Is How We Respond The world has changed so much for LGBT youth in America since 1998. But even all of that change cannot stop a hateful and violent individual from committing such a disgusting act.
	Stacey Long: Supreme Court's Landmark Health-Care Ruling a Victory for Millions, Including LGBT People The Supreme Court's ruling reaffirms that LGBT people in America should look forward to the implementation of many parts of the Affordable Care Act that were upheld today and that will continue to have a huge impact on the LGBT community. Here are some of those provisions.