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Target Faces Controversy: Appointment of ‘Gaycruella’ LGBTQIA+ Strategist Amid Sales Decline and Backlash Over Pride-Themed Products; Target Shuns Christian Shoppers

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The recent appointment of Erik Thompson, also known as “gaycruella,” as Target’s Senior LGBTQIA+ Segmentation Strategist and Pride Lead has sparked controversy in the wake of the company’s consecutive negative sales reports. Thompson shared his new role on Instagram, expressing his eagerness to contribute to reshaping the narrative of Target to cater to all consumers. Despite his enthusiasm, a comment on the post raised concerns about the potential impact on Target’s sales, to which Thompson responded affirmatively, stating that he would indeed make sales tank. Thompson’s LinkedIn profile reveals his history with Target, having been part of the company since 2014 in various roles, and he officially assumed his new position in November 2023.

Target’s recent sales decline, with a 4.9% drop in the third quarter following a 5.4% decline in the second quarter, is attributed to backlash against its Pride-themed products, especially those targeting children. The products included transgender “tuck” swimsuits and LGBTQ-themed books, sparking criticism and leading to negative consumer sentiments. Target CEO Brian Cornell acknowledged the challenging sales trends during the third-quarter earnings report, emphasizing the company’s commitment to regaining growth.

The controversy surrounding Target intensified with the recent revelation of Pride-themed nutcrackers and disabled Santa ornaments for sale. End Wokeness, an online account, shared images of a black Santa Claus in a wheelchair and a Pride nutcracker adorned with LGBTQIA+ symbols, both available on Target’s website. These additions further fueled the debate on the appropriateness of such products and their potential impact on the company’s image and sales.

Target’s decision to appoint Erik Thompson to a prominent LGBTQIA+ role comes amid a challenging period marked by consecutive sales declines and backlash against its Pride-themed merchandise. The controversy surrounding these products and recent additions like Pride-themed nutcrackers and disabled Santa ornaments adds to the scrutiny the company faces.

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Target Shuns Christian Shoppers

By Todd Starnes. Although Target faced Pride Month merchandise boycotts, a lawsuit and a 10% decline in its stock following this year’s controversial collection, the retailer appears to be doubling down on its commitment to this market.

Target has promoted Erik Thompson to Senior LGBTQIA+ Strategist and Pride Lead, according to a @LibsofTikTok post on X and Thompson’s LinkedIn profile.

In his new role overseeing Target’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, intersex, and asexual marketing, Thompson says he plans to “flip the script and rewrite the narrative of CPG [consumer packaged goods] retail industries to better serve all segments and thoughtfully & authentically cater to *ALL guests, ALL humans & ALL hearts* who enter our stores and across the nation.”

Thompson has been with Target since 2016 and was previously a buyer for four years in its beauty and cosmetics division. Before that, he was an associate buyer between 2016 and 2019 of men’s sportswear. (Read more from “Target Shuns Christian Shoppers” HERE)

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Vatican: Transgender People Can Be Baptized and Be Godparents Under Certain Conditions, Vatican Clarifies

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The Vatican on Wednesday clarified several questions regarding people who have received transgender medical treatments, same-sex couples, and Catholic sacraments.

The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, which exists to defend Catholic doctrine, published a document on Wednesday responding to six controversial questions submitted by a Brazilian bishop over the summer.

Some of the questions dealt with whether a transgender person can be baptized, serve as a godparent at a baptism, or be a witness at a wedding. The other questions dealt with whether a same-sex couple’s child can be baptized and whether a cohabiting person in a same-sex relationship can be a godparent or witness at a wedding.

On the first transgender question, the Vatican responded that a person who has received gender surgery or hormone treatment can be baptized “under the same conditions as other believers, if there are no situations in which there is a risk of generating public scandal, or disorientation among the faithful.” (Read more from “Vatican: Transgender People Can Be Baptized and Be Godparents Under Certain Conditions, Vatican Clarifies” HERE)

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New HHS Pronoun Mandate Forces Employees to ‘Deny Reality,’ Violate Law

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The feds have adopted a new policy that pushes the transgender ideology to extremes, promising punishment for employees who don’t abide by its nonsensical requirements to call men “she” and women “he,” if that’s what they demand.

According to a Fox News report experts are calling the new agenda illegal.

According to the report, the Department of Health and Human Services now is demanding that employees “deny biological realities with their own words or face firing.”

Heritage Foundation spokesman Roger Severino bluntly explained, to Fox, “HHS and the federal government is requiring its employees to speak falsehoods.”

He’s the former head of civil rights at HHS, and explained on social media, “HHS today imposed a transgender pronoun mandate on its employees who will now be forced to deny biological realities with their own words or face firing. Those with faith objections should immediately request religious accommodation and prepare to fight for your rights.”

(Read more from “New HHS Pronoun Mandate Forces Employees to ‘Deny Reality,’ Violate Law” HERE)

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Students Walk Out in Protest of Bathroom Policy Allowing Biological Boys in Girls’ Bathrooms

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Students at one Ohio high school walked out of class on Monday in protest of a policy allowing biological boys to use the girls’ bathroom if they identify as transgender.

Starting around noon, dozens of students walked out of Elida High School in northern Ohio just outside Lima, The Lima News reported.

Parents and other members of the community have reportedly been protesting the school’s transgender bathroom policy for months, arguing that allowing biological boys to use the girls’ bathroom infringes on the privacy of female students.

“We’re upset about biological boys in the girls’ bathroom,” said one freshman girl who walked out on Monday. “The school board hasn’t been listening.”

“There’s been multiple accounts of boys coming in the bathroom, or transgender girls, and bothering the girls in there and we’re just not for it,” the freshman girl told WLIO. “Biological boys need to stay in their own bathroom.” (Read more from “Students Walk Out in Protest of Bathroom Policy Allowing Biological Boys in Girls’ Bathrooms” HERE)

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‘Wanna Kill All You Little Crackers’: Nashville Trans Shooter Manifesto Leaked

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Has the long-buried “manifesto” of the Nashville transgender mass murderer finally leaked? More than seven months after the massacre of six people inside The Covenant School, which resulted in the death of perpetrator Audrey Hale, the evidence has yet to be officially released for public view. Only hints of the contents of Hale’s writings have emerged, none with any more specificity than in the days after the shooting[.]

Seven months later, police and the Department of Justice still refuse to release the manifesto. Now, however, Steven Crowder has published pictures purportedly of three pages of the diary provided to him by an unnamed source. . .

At his LWC website, Steven provides a few more pulls from the text:

Hale: “going to fancy private schools with those fancy khakis + sports backpacks w/ their daddies mustangs + convertibles.”
Hale: “Wanna kill all you little crackers!!! Bunch of little faggots w/ your white privileges”
Hale: There were several times I could have been caught especially b—ack in the summer of 2021.
Hale: “It might be 10 minutes tops. It might be 3-7. Its gunna go quick.”

(Read more from “‘Wanna Kill All You Little Crackers’: Nashville Trans Shooter Manifesto Leaked” HERE)

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Female Student Athlete Seriously Injured in Field Hockey Game Involving Male Player: Reports

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A female student-athlete reportedly had two of her teeth knocked out during a high school field hockey game last week after a shot struck by an opposing male player deflected off a teammate’s stick and caused the facial injury.

According to reports, the incident happened during the first round of the field hockey state playoffs between two Massachusetts high schools — Dighton-Rehoboth and Swampscott — on Thursday.

Dighton-Rehoboth Superintendent Bill Runey wrote a letter to families reported by local media, saying a male athlete on the Swampscott girls’ field hockey team took a shot that left “significant facial and dental injuries” to one of the team’s female athletes, which required hospitalization.

“When I stepped onto that bus last night when our girls got back to Regional Road, what I saw on their eyes was trauma,” Runey told a local NBC News channel. (Read more from “Female Student Athlete Seriously Injured in Field Hockey Game Involving Male Player: Reports” HERE)

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‘Glamour’ Names Transgender Model as ‘2023 Woman of the Year’

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Glamour magazine has named a male-born transgender model as one of its 2023 Women of the Year awardees.

The magazine named Philippines model Geena Rocero as one of its seven women of the year picks in its November 1 announcement.

In its retrospective of Rocero’s career, it is revealed that the Filipino model got started when an adult drag queen groomed a then 15-year-old Rocero for a stage career.

Drag performer Tigerlily Garcia Temporosa, who is described as a “mentor and community mother,” praised Rocero as a “rising star” as a young teen.

“At 15 years old she took the highest titles here in the national pageant,” Temporosa enthused. “I [was] so proud and so happy. A lot of good transgender [competitors] wanted me to handle them, at that time, with Geena rising as a promising star.”

(Read more from “‘Glamour’ Names Transgender Model as ‘2023 Woman of the Year’” HERE)

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Target CEO: Conservatives Upset Over Trans Merch More Dangerous to Employees Than George Floyd Riots

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Target CEO Brian Cornell deflected when he was pressed Thursday about specific Target products that generated a boycott starting in May, while suggesting blowback over transgender merch came from violent customers who threatened his employees’ safety more than the George Floyd riots.

Target, as admitted by Cornell, is still suffering from abysmal sales. Outraged shoppers took to social media back in May after discovering LGBT Pride clothing for children and a transgender “tuck-friendly” bathing suit at the popular retail chain. It was also later pieced together that a designer tied to merchandise featuring occult images and phrases such as “Satan Respects Pronouns” and “Trans Witches For Abortion,” designed some of Target’s PRIDE items.

Cornell told CNBC’s Squawk Box that the violence and looting witnessed during the George Floyd riots did not compare to the trans blowback.

“We’ve seen natural disasters, the impact of COVID, some of the violence that took place after George Floyd’s murder, but I would tell you, what I saw back in May, is the first time since I’ve been in this job where I had store members saying, ‘It’s not safe to come to work,’” the CEO claimed, adding that angry customers were engaged in “very aggressive behavior at store-level, lots of threats,” and “destroyed products.” (Read more from “Target CEO: Conservatives Upset Over Trans Merch More Dangerous to Employees Than George Floyd Riots” HERE)

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Martial Arts Competition Changes Rules After Female Fighters Pull Out Over Safety Fears After Facing Trans Grapplers

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Terrified female martial artists say they’ve pulled out of recent competitions to avoid facing much stronger transgender fighters — forcing a major organization to revise its rules to ensure trans females can now only face men.

The North American Grappling Association (NAGA) said it overhauled its rules after complaints about transgender female athletes fighting in recent events.

In one of its jiu jitsu events in Georgia earlier this month, transgender grappler Corissa Griffith took home four gold medals in women’s competitions, while another, Cordelia Gregory, placed second, the feminist outlet Reduxx said.

NAGA suggested that transgender grapplers were likely competing by simply ticking “female” in registration forms and then going unnoticed.

However, a number of women have come forward to complain about safety fears from uneven matchups — not all at NAGA events — that left some so scared, they pulled out of major tournaments to avoid similar encounters. (Read more from “Martial Arts Competition Changes Rules After Female Fighters Pull Out Over Safety Fears After Facing Trans Grapplers” HERE)

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Report: Female Jiu-Jitsu Contestants Quit Tournament After Being Forced to Fight Males (VIDEO)

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According to a report, women are abandoning the North American Grappling Association (NAGA) Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament after being forced to compete against male-born transgender opponents.

Female-born athletes are up in arms after male-born “transgender” competitor Corissa Griffith took home four gold medals at a tournament in Georgia on Oct. 21, and they are responding in force, Reduxx reports.

The issue has been roiling Brazilian Jiu-Jitzu since Sept. when female competitor Taelor Moore told fans how upset she was to be suddenly confronted by a male-born opponent without being told beforehand.

California athlete Taelor Moore faced the transgender opponent on Sept. 9 and posted the video to her Instagram page with the caption, “I weighed in at 135 … and she was over 200!”

Moore’s video shows her opponent, James McPike, 29, who recently began going by the name “Alice,” seeming to throw Moore around the mats easily. (Read more from “Report: Female Jiu-Jitsu Contestants Quit Tournament After Being Forced to Fight Males” HERE)

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