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The commercial's diversity has stirred many customers to call for a boycott. It’s turkey lurkey time for Tesco. As part of its #EveryonesWelcome campaign, the British supermarket chain’s new holiday ad prominently features a gay couple. Called “Turkey, Every Which Way,” the commercial shows a variety of families preparing a festive dinner, including two men with a baby. Looking through the oven door at their cooking bird, one man asks his partner, “You did take the giblets out?” But it’s pretty clear...

A gay couple who held hands in a supermarket have expressed their anger after a security guard told them they were acting inappropriately. Thomas Rees and Joshua Bradwell were in a Sainsbury's store in Hackney when the guard told them a woman had complained about their behaviour. "It's really knocked me for six and I've spent the last day or so analysing how I'm perceived," said Mr Rees. Sainsbury's apologised and offered them a £10 voucher. The 32-year-old said they were holding hands,...