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Companies Targeted For Pride Support Last Year Go Quiet On Social Media In 2024

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Companies Targeted For Pride Support Last Year Go Quiet On Social Media In 2024

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politics @lemmy.world · 24 days ago

Companies Blasted For Supporting LGBTQ Pride Last Year—Like Nike And Target—Appear To Pull Back In 2024

Companies once vocal online about Pride Month, like Nike and Target, have refrained from posting about Pride Month on social media following backlash from conservative customers last year.

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They are required to provide a safe working environment. I think this has more to do with that for the companies in the retail space.

Those that just produce products are all image and can suffer whatever PR backlash they create.

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