Trans rights are going to be one of the hot button election issues in many cities, states and municipalities over the coming years, not to mention the upcoming presidential election. Want more great food writing and recipes? Subscribe to Salon Food's newsletter, The Bite. It's not a coincidence that the network also produced wall-to-wall coverage of the Bud Light's social media partnership with trans activist and actress Dylan Mulvaney, as well as the subsequent fall-out experienced by the company following their tepid response to the transphobia their campaign ignited, the flames of which were, in no small part, fanned by Fox News.įox News' transphobic agenda isn't a secret and their hosts' relentless fear mongering around the sheer existence of trans individuals - and their desire to live normal lives with access to basic, affirming medical care - is only escalating as bids for 2024 elections begin to heat up. In a since-disproven post from a Twitter page called "Gays Against Groomers," there were allegations that the Target children's section also carried these swimsuits which - in concert with the other lines of Pride Month merchandise the department store was carrying - led to widespread calls from conservatives to boycott the store.Īs Media Matters for America recorded, Fox News aired more than two hours of coverage of the backlash to Target's Pride Month displays last week (while, for what it's worth, running less than a minute of coverage on a new report detailing sex abuse in the Catholic Church in Illinois during that same time frame). McEnany was referring to the "tuck-friendly" adult swimsuits that Target has carried as part of their PRIDE line, meant for trans individuals who haven't undergone gender affirming surgery to conceal their genitals. "Until they start selling, uh - tuck swimsuits, I'm not going to be boycotting Chick-fil-A, they are a great company." "You know, I'm in the airport, I want Chick-fil-A, they're closed on Sunday in honor of the Sabbath," she said.
Truett Cathy, a devout Southern Baptist, and that his beliefs are woven through the company's identity, as evidenced, in part, by the fact that the chain closed on Sundays. She reminded viewers that Chick-fil-A was founded by S. "Are we going to have to boycott?"īut on Wednesday's episode of the Fox News program "Outnumbered," host Kayleigh McEnany - who was also the former White House secretary under Donald Trump - said she though the idea that Chick-fil-A was woke was ridiculous. "I don't want to have to boycott," tweeted self-described political strategist Joey Mannarino. On Tuesday morning, Jeff Clark, an assistant attorney in the Trump administration, wrote on Twitter: "Disappointing.
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