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:Eric Ethington (Author) | February 17, 2011
Target Corp has finally caved to the national boycott by the LGBT community after they donated $150,000 to a PAC supporting an anti-gay gubernatorial candidate. As of this month, Target has enacted new policies which would restrict discriminatory donations. The most prominent of the national boycott groups, “Money I Would Have Spent At Target“ which is [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 13, 2011
The national boycott against Target Corp continues to grow nationwide, with the amount of money being diverted reaching enormous amounts. Recently, Change.org interviewed the Utah Activists who started the most successful facebook boycott page, see it below! For this article, looks like the activists behind “Money I Would Have Spent At Target” have chosen to [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 8, 2010
Minnesota – Never let anyone tell you a nationwide boycott cannot succeed. After months of a boycott against Target Corp for making a political contribution of $150k to a PAC supporting anti-gay Governor candidate Tom Emmer, he has finally conceded to his opponent. Groups like Money I Would Have Spent At Target have reported over [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | September 27, 2010
Gotta give this a quick mention folks. Local Utah activist Lauren Littlefield and her cohort Mike Thompson have been running the Facebook group “Money I Would Have Spent At Target” after Target donated $150k to an anti-gay campaign in MN. Over the weekend, they reached $300,000 that was spent elsewhere rather than support hate! Just [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | September 10, 2010
Minnesota – Target Corp is still the target of a national boycott after they donated $150k to an anti-gay PAC. To offset that donation, HRC has pledged $150k of their own towards gay-friendly groups and candidates. “Minnesota is poised to become the next state offering marriage equality.” Nice to see HRC putting their money into [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | September 8, 2010
California – Target Corp has yet to build a location in San Francisco, but now they’re facing even more setbacks because the city has a policy of only giving contracts to companies that provide equal benefits to both heterosexual and LGBT employees. Hopefully San Francisco won’t back down on their policy, as Target is still [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | August 2, 2010
After the national chain store Target made a $150,000 donation to an anti-gay political fund in Minnesota, the superstore has become the target of national boycotts – with both customers and employees furious. How much money has Target lost? LGBT activist rock stars Lauren Littlefield and Mike Thompson want to know. On their FB page [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 14, 2009
The latest film from film maker and news anchor Reed Cowan “8: The Mormon Proposition” has done nothing but catch headlines since it was announced to premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. And pro or con, it seems everyone’s got a strong opinion. The far right-wingers and the LDS (Mormon) Church brass have thrown [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 28, 2008
As some people may be aware, giant soup company Campbell recently started advertising in gay media, like The Advocate. The advertisements were like any other niche-style marketing campaign, and featured Chef Lea Forant with her son Eli and her partner Carolyn. But even something this simple, has drawn the attention of the Christian-Conservative group American [...]
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