Target's sale of LGBT+ merchandise to 'celebrate pride month' has backfired spectacularly, prompting a boycott and a collapse in sales.
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A drag story time activity, rainbow flags and three kilometres of rainbow bunting were just some of the items for which the taxpayer footed the bill during this year's Pride event.
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Simon Elmer ‘There is a new word in Newspeak’, said Syme, ‘I don’t know whether you know it: duckspeak, to quack like a duck. It is one of those interesting words that have two contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it is abuse; applied to someone you agree with, it is praise.’ George Orwell, Nineteen …
Sylvia Shawcross I hesitated to write this piece for two reasons: I’m not a member of the 2SLGBTQI* community and therefore do not know the experience and most importantly because this whole issue is a terribly divisive issue. Those who would prosper from pain are very good at divide and conquer. If you ever venture …
By now, most politically aware Westerners have probably had enough of diversity, equity, inclusion to last for the rest of their lives. Outside of the Anglosphere though, things are very different; many of these countries are now looking down on the West, and when one considers what the rainbow coalition especially is doing in our […]
Ian Rons feels slightly sorry for the COO of Wickes. Doing enough to celebrate Pride Month to maintain your ESG rating while not antagonising your 'bigoted' customers is a difficult line to tread.
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Police are investigating "hateful behaviour" after several Pride banners were scrawled with anti-Pride graffiti, attacked and damaged in Gloucestershire.
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Pride month is here in the U.S. It’s a time for LGBTQ people to celebrate, to build community, to honor our elders, and to continue the tradition of protest for recognition, safety and equal rights. In the face of “don’t say gay” laws, book bans, street harassment, attacks on trans athletes and drag shows and laws targeting trans healthcare and even families who provide gender-affirming care for trans children, Pride has a stronger meaning and spirit behind it this year...
Kit Knightly Yesterday Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), announced the WHO was officially changing the name of the monkeypox virus. This decision was allegedly taken due to “stigmatization” and “discrimination” of the current “inaccurate” name. I’m not sure how “monkeypox virus” can be an inaccurate name for a virus …
