![]() Keith Murphy Accused of Slapping, Spitting on His Employee at Murphy’s Taproom Tori Tucker and Emma Simpson write the column The Gay Agenda together for Now, thanks to Target, us queers have easier access to celebratory garb that we can wear for a Pride event, a fun night out, or just walking down the street - always looking fabulous. ![]() Regardless of the capitalist society we live in, it’s a big deal for a mainstream manufacturer to provide Pride products, because we can’t find them just anywhere, and sometimes they’re expensive. Plus, I actually really like some of the items – they’re cute! (I have my eye on a rainbow shrug that I want to wear to a local Pride Parade later this month!) I respect that some people don’t feel like this is indicative of actual support, but for me, seeing cute accessories celebrating a part of my identity that I often feel judged for at my favorite store is a really incredible feeling. ![]() In my opinion, they could have included more in the way of explicitly bi or pansexual representation, as these groups do have their own flag colors and such, but nevertheless someone in charge made very sure that this line would have something for everyone. It is specifically inclusive of people who are transgender, as evidenced by the aforementioned pronoun pins, which are not colored in a traditionally gendered way and there are also lapel pins bearing the symbol for transgender, a combination of the male and female symbols that incorporates the colors of the transgender pride flag.Īs for clothing, there is quite a large assortment of t-shirts, many bearing rainbows but quite a few that just express “pride” in some form. But there is no denying that they’ve done a seriously decent job with this line. To some extent, the assertion that Target is trying to make money is true, of course: they are a retail company and their goal is to make a profit. I’ve heard some people argue that this isn’t “real support” because they’re just trying to make money off of the queer community. ![]() Target has made a stand for the community in the past when the company asserted that everyone should have the right to use the bathroom that best correlates with their gender identity in the wake of legislation that would prevent just that, and now they have made it very convenient and relatively inexpensive for us to, quite literally, wear our pride on our sleeves. Kristin Wiig plays an overzealous Target employee. ![]()
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