Target removes LGBTQ merchandise from stores after backlash
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In the latest culture war skirmish, Target is removing some LGBTQ merchandise – rolled out for Pride Month in June – from some stores after backlash from some customers.
The retail giant didn’t say which items it’s pulling, but among those drawing complaints were “tuck friendly” women’s swimsuits that allow trans women who haven’t had gender-affirming surgery to conceal male genitals.
Some Target stores, mostly in the rural South, were trying to avoid a “Bud Light situation,” a reference to the criticism against parent company Anheuser-Busch after it featured transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney in a promotional campaign, according to Fox News.
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