The target on its back just keeps getting larger..After facing threats of a boycott, US retail giant Target pulled some LGBTQ Pride products off its shelves at the front of stores located in the US south, moving them to smaller areas in the back..At the heart of the issue were LGBTQ onesies for babies, ‘tuck friendly’ bathing suits and drag queen books targetted at young kids..And, late last week, TheBlaze reported Target has had a partnership with the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) an LGBTQ educational organization that has advocated that schools don't inform parents if their children decide to undergo a gender transition, for more than a decade..Fox News picked up the story this week, reporting a Target Corporation senior executive, Carlos Saavedra, maintains a position with GLSEN, which is focused on integrating gender ideology at all levels of K-12 schools, from curriculum to district policy. .Saavedra is a vice president of brand marketing at Target and a treasurer at GLSEN. .The focus at GLSEN is to have school districts adopt policies keeping parents in the dark on their child's in-school gender transition, supplying sexually explicit books to schools for free and integrating gender ideology at all levels of curriculum in public schools.."GLSEN leads the movement in creating affirming and anti-racist spaces for LGBTQIA+ students. We are proud of 10+ years of collaboration with GLSEN and continue to support their mission," Target said, which has given the organization annual donations amounting to US$2.1 million. .“As part of this mission, GLSEN calls for gender ideology to be integrated into all classes, even math. It provides educators instructions on how they can make math ‘more inclusive of trans and non-binary identities’ by including ‘they/them’ pronouns in word problems,” reports Fox. .GLSEN distributes sample district policies which restrict parents' knowledge on their child's gender transition in schools..Its policy for districts said, "[The local education agency] shall ensure that all personally identifiable and medical information relating to transgender and nonbinary students is kept confidential," reports Fox.."Staff or educators shall not disclose any information that may reveal a student’s gender identity to others, including parents or guardians. This disclosure must be discussed with the student, prior to any action.".GLSEN also provides books to full-time school employees for free, including some which contain sexually explicit content. .In addition to consumer boycotts, Target said its employees had been threatened and Target stores in three states received bomb threats because they relocated the Pride products..WOIO TV in Cleveland reported a threatening email stated, "Target is full of f***ing cowards who turned their back on the LGBT community and decided to cater to the homophobic right wing redneck bigots who protested and vandalized their store. We won’t stand idly by as the far right continues to hunt us down.” The email went on to list five Target stores in the area where bombs had been placed. .“It was not immediately known if the threats were legitimate, though precautions were quickly taken to ensure no one got hurt, reports WOIO..Queer and transgender designers blamed ‘domestic terrorists’ for their LGBTQ products being removed from Target stores, reports The Blaze, adding Ash + Chess is a self-described "stationery and gift company run by queer and trans couple.".Together they have also authored several books, including The Gay Agenda: A Modern Queer History & Handbook, Queer Tarot: An Inclusive Deck and Guidebook, My Queer Year Guided Journal and a children’s book titled ABC-Deconstructing Gender..After having their products moved, the company took to Instagram, “"We are saddened to say that the majority of our collection has been removed from Target stores due to threats from domestic terrorists. Emotionally, we do not currently have the bandwidth to comment further on this.”.The New York Post has reported Target’s market value has plunged US$10 billion since the boycott started.
