Anti-Transgender Boycotts Go International: 'Bud Light Moment'
Bud Light for its partnership with transgender activist and influencer Dylan Mulvaney and Target, which advertised "tuck-friendly" swimsuits for transgender women to conceal their private parts.The row over transgender brand ambassadors is symbolic of a wider debate about the inclusion of transgender women in female issues and spaces.
Some say transgender women should be treated the same as other women, while others say they are different and that hard-won women's rights must be protected.One year after Wickes reportedly had a parade float with a slogan that read "No LGB without the T," Chief Operating Officer Fraser Longden participated in a virtual trans summit on Thursday hosted by PinkNews and sponsored by company EY."I don't think I'm ever going to change some of the bigots' minds, I'm never going to win that argument with them," he said during the summit. "So, we were doing [the Pride float] to show support to the community."Most of the population is in a "sort of slightly ignorant but mostly kind position," Longden added, eventually leading to the company's stock share dropping a reported 5-plus points at one point on Friday."At Wickes we are proud to be an inclusive home improvement employer and support the LGBTQ+ community in its entirety," a Wickes spokesperson told Newsweek via email on Friday. "We are committed to building a workplace and culture where everyone can feel at home."UK. - CEO of Wickes does a Bud.says the commercial reality is that women don’t matter.
