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Focus on the Family Thinks Companies are Under Pressure to Be Pro-Gay

And why’s that such a bad thing?

By Laura| August 23, 2011 | 21 Comments
Television

Did Lesbian Content Really Drive General Mills & REMAX to Pull Ads?

Did RE/MAX and General Mills really pull advertising from Pretty Little Liars just because the Florida Family Association asked them to? We called them and here’s what we found out.

By Rachel| August 19, 2011 | 32 Comments
Business + Work

Whole Foods is a “Faux Hippy Wal-Mart”

Laura’s Team Pick: Dear *****, You win a lot of awards in my book. Best at being a chauvinist. Least likely to realize he’s about to walk into someone.

By Laura| July 26, 2011 | 59 Comments
Business + Work

Wal-Mart Wins Again: Supreme Court Throws Out Giant Gender Discrimination Case

In a 5-4 vote, the supreme court has voted to toss what would’ve been the largest class-action suit ever, filed on behalf of nearly 1.5 million female Wal-Mart employees.

By Riese| June 20, 2011 | 18 Comments
Business + Work

Target Is “Neutral” On Gay Marriage But Its Shareholders and Shoppers Aren’t

It turns out that Target, the company who donated $150,000 to anti-gay groups last year, is headquarted in Minnesota, where the biggest gay marriage vote of the season is going down.

By Rachel| June 9, 2011 | 21 Comments
Business + Work

Good News, Lesbos, You Can Still Shop at Home Depot, Build a Tree Fort

In addition to undoubtedly employing heaps of lesbians, Home Depot has no interest in the AFA’s petition to stop Home Depot from supporting the homosexual agenda.

By Riese| June 3, 2011 | 45 Comments
Business + Work

Why Are We Still Expecting Rich Corporations to Like Gays More Than Money?

Old Navy is making gay t-shirts and Urban Outfitters is making gay people angry and pretty much we shouldn’t shop anywhere, ever, except maybe etsy.

By Riese| June 1, 2011 | 78 Comments
Business + Work

Wal-Mart Stands Up Against Anti-Gay Worker But Also Is Probably Still Evil Overall

Wal-Mart did a thing that is not entirely offensive to everything we believe in as humans and it involves firing a ‘team member’ for an anti-gay diatribe

By Carolyn Yates| April 7, 2011 | 7 Comments
Business + Work Gender

At Last, the Sex Discrimination Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart Has Come Along

It’s the biggest class action lawsuit of all time! It’s about gender discrimination! I read all 115 declarations!

By Riese| March 28, 2011 | 26 Comments
Business + Work

Target Really Wants Gay People to Hate Them, Despite Solid Stock of Cute Boyshorts

Target is suing a gay rights group for petitioning outside its stores, further complicating its relationship to the gay community.

By Riese| March 26, 2011 | 30 Comments
Politics + Activism

Lady Gaga + Target = Gay BFFs No More

Turns out Target is 100% made of anti-gay assholes so Lady Gaga officially broke up with them.

By Jess| March 10, 2011 | 40 Comments
Politics + Activism

Lady Gaga Makes Sh*t Happen, Demands Target Play Nice With the Gays

Lady Gaga lays the smackdown on Target and demands that they support the LGBT community if they want a piece of her Born This Way action.

By Jess| February 23, 2011 | 32 Comments
Business + Work

Professionally Queer: Good News/Bad News About Gays and Lesbians in the Workplace

Times are hard, but no one knows better than the gays that if you work for it, things can get immeasurably better. Here’s a snapshot of what the job market looks like for us right now, and why we feel better about it than straight people do.

By Rachel| January 25, 2011 | 22 Comments
Health + Athletics

What’s Good At Walgreens

Rite-Aid ate my heart. Also part of my head for real. It’s time for a beauty bar / medicine cabinet overshare and open thread!

By Riese| January 24, 2011 | 240 Comments
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