Stab me through the heart or stab me in the back. Same result.
Target Corp. donates $150,000 to vocal anti-gay Minnesota GOP candidate yet still claims to be an "unwavering" supporter of the LGBT community.
Words do not express my anger right now. By now, I'm sure everyone on my flist know I despise my job at Target, but one of the few bright spots I saw was how much concern they showed for the gay and lesbian community. I was actually proud that the company I worked for gave so much back and helped sponsor pro-gay events like the AIDS Walk in San Francisco and the Twin Cities Gay Pride.
But now... I'm speechless. It feels like a stab in the back. As an open bisexual at my job, I've never felt discriminated against. In fact, it made me feel better, because this was the first job I wasn't worried about being open about myself. And I know that a donation made by a CEO in Minneapolis won't change how my Team Leaders and LODs view me, but still... Target is using the money that was made by my 40 hours of work a week to promote a candidate who believes I shouldn't have the right to marry the person I love.
It's sickening. I wish I could boycott work.
I totally agreed with all the people who came to Guest Service today to return like $300 worth of product because they are now boycotting the company. I wish I could've vocally agreed with them, but as a manager, I have an image to project. And apparently that image is anti-gay. Anti-me.
This is really affecting me more than I thought it would. It's not the first time I've been discriminated against (nor the last, I'm sure) but coming from a job and a company I thought fully supported me, I'm beginning to wonder why I'm letting this job slowly kill me.
I fully support the boycott of Target, even if I'm unable to take part. And hey, at the very least, we'll have less guests to deal with in the store.
tl;dr Target sucks.
Words do not express my anger right now. By now, I'm sure everyone on my flist know I despise my job at Target, but one of the few bright spots I saw was how much concern they showed for the gay and lesbian community. I was actually proud that the company I worked for gave so much back and helped sponsor pro-gay events like the AIDS Walk in San Francisco and the Twin Cities Gay Pride.
But now... I'm speechless. It feels like a stab in the back. As an open bisexual at my job, I've never felt discriminated against. In fact, it made me feel better, because this was the first job I wasn't worried about being open about myself. And I know that a donation made by a CEO in Minneapolis won't change how my Team Leaders and LODs view me, but still... Target is using the money that was made by my 40 hours of work a week to promote a candidate who believes I shouldn't have the right to marry the person I love.
It's sickening. I wish I could boycott work.
I totally agreed with all the people who came to Guest Service today to return like $300 worth of product because they are now boycotting the company. I wish I could've vocally agreed with them, but as a manager, I have an image to project. And apparently that image is anti-gay. Anti-me.
This is really affecting me more than I thought it would. It's not the first time I've been discriminated against (nor the last, I'm sure) but coming from a job and a company I thought fully supported me, I'm beginning to wonder why I'm letting this job slowly kill me.
I fully support the boycott of Target, even if I'm unable to take part. And hey, at the very least, we'll have less guests to deal with in the store.
tl;dr Target sucks.