Other organizations that have signed on to the statement include UltraViolet, Equality Federation, National Center for Transgender Equality, Georgia Equality, Equality Virginia, CenterLink, Garden State Equality, Matthew Shepard Foundation, NMAC
WASHINGTON – Today, Family Equality joined the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), GLAAD, GLSEN, National LGBTQ Task Force, National Center for Lesbian Rights and National Black Justice Coalition, in partnership with more than 100 organizations, in renewing their call for Target and the business community to reject and speak out against anti-LGBTQ+ extremism going into Pride Month. Additionally, the coalition stands in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ employees at companies like Target, as well as the designers of Pride merchandise, who have experienced horrendous attacks while simply showing up to work. Harassment and threats of violence, anywhere and at any time, against good people just doing their jobs to make a living is completely unacceptable and irrational. As highlighted in the statement below, the coalition has communicated expectations that Target provide necessary security measures for employees’ safety while also showing support for the LGBTQ+ community by denouncing extremists.
The full coalition statement can be viewed here.
The following organizations have signed on to the statement:
AAPI Victory Alliance
Accountable For Equality
Ace and Aro Alliance of Central Ohio
Alaskans Together for Equality
All Under One Roof LGBT Advocates of Southeastern Idaho
Alliance For Full Acceptance
Arizona Trans Youth and Parent Organization
Bans Off Miami
Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice
Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC)
Brooklyn Community Pride Center
Capital Pride Alliance
Carolinas CARE Partnership
CASA
CASA in Action
Center for Psychological Growth
Center on Halsted
CenterLink: The Community of LGBTQ Centers
Central Valley Pride
Centre LGBT+
City of Milwaukee Equal Rights Commission
Colors+
Compass LGBTQ Community Center
Delmarva Pride Center
Diverse & Resilient
Eastern PA Trans Equity Project
Emerald Coast Equality
Equality California
Equality Community Center
Equality Federation
Equality Michigan
Equality NC
Equality New York
Equality Virginia
EqualityMaine
Equitas Health
Fairness Campaign
Family Equality
Florida Freedom to Read Project
FREE MOM HUGS
Freedom Oklahoma
Freedom Virginia
Garden State Equality
Georgia Equality
GLAAD
GLSEN
GMHC
Grand Strand PRIDE
Henderson Equality Center
Hope CommUnity Center
Hudson Pride Center
I Am Human Foundation
inclusion tennessee
Indiana Youth Group (IYG)
Institute for LGBT Health and Wellbeing
InterPride
Kaleidoscope Youth Center
Lavender Rights Project
Lexington Pride Center
LGBT Center of Raleigh
LGBT Detroit
LGBT+ Family & Games
LGBTQ Center OC
LGBTQ+ Center of Southern Nevada
Live Out Loud
Los Angeles LGBT Center
Louisiana Trans Advocates
Louisiana Trans Advocates
Make the Road Nevada
Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
Matthew Shepard Foundation
Milwaukee LGBT Community Center
MoCo Pride Center
Muncie OUTreach LGBTQ+ Center
National Black Justice Coalition
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Center for Transgender Equality
National LGBTQ Task Force
NMAC
North Las Vegas Equality Center
North San Diego County LGBTQ Resource Center
NYC Pride
Oklahoma Progress Now
One Colorado
One In Long Beach, Inc.
OUTMemphis
OutReach LGBTQ+ Community Center
Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents
Point of Pride
Pride at Work – Rochester Finger Lakes Chapter
Pride Foundation
Prism Counseling & Community Services
Project Pride SRQ
Queer Northshore
QUEERSPACE collective
Qweerty Gamers
Rainbow Rose Center
Real Mama Bears
Resource Center
Rockland County Pride Center
Sacramento LGBT Community Center
Seacoast Outright
Shoals Diversity Center
Silver State Equality
SPEKTRUM Health
St. Tammany Library Alliance
Stonewall Columbus
Tennessee Equality Project
The Center: 7 Rivers LGBTQ Connection
The LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland
the Montrose Center
The Normal Anomaly Initiative, Inc
The Personal Stories Project
The Pride Center at Equality Park
The Sacred Cloth Project
The Spahr Center
TransFamily Support Services
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund
Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico
Transgender Resource Education and Enrichment Services-TREES Inc.
Transinclusive Group
TransOhio
Truth Wins Out
UltraViolet
Upstate SC LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce
Uptown Gay and Lesbian Alliance (UGLA)
Us Giving Richmond Connections
Waves Ahead Corp
We Are Family
Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Women’s Emergency Network
Woodhull Freedom Foundation
YouthSeen
Zebra Youth
603 Equality
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