Corporations: You’ll Never Appease Anti-LGBTQ Boycotters. They Want to Be Angry | Opinion

Every year, Target releases their Pride Month collection, featuring select merchandise celebrating LGBTQ culture that has become a big hit in the queer community over the past decade. Frequently quirky and/or amusing, the products cause no more offense than the occasional atrocious pun. But last week, Target released a statement announcing they would remove several items from their Pride collection due to “safety concerns” for in-store employees after backlash—often violent in nature—from anti-LGBTQ extremists.