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Okay is it possible that the government is threatening to tax the hell out of these corporations or demonize them in the media constantly unless they pander to lgbtq
Ben and jerry's is a good example of an LGBT+ friendly corporation. They do more than just say, "yeah, gay rights," They're actively spending time and money on helping LGBT+ causes, and have signs and things in their shops year-round, not just June.
Netflix also cancelled production of a show in Turkey, after the government refused to issue a permit due to the fact that the show had a gay character. They refused the solution offered to remove the gay character and getting the permit.
@Itsy Bii continuing the movie is better for the company, which is why I think it's more morally right to give up the money. Keep the character or bust
Movie: Has a bunch of minors twerking, taking inappropiate pics, wearing suggestive clothing, etc. Netflix: I see no problem here! Movie: Has a gay character Netflix: I ᓭ⍑ᔑꖎꖎ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ᔑꖎꖎ𝙹∴ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ
Would save much money on not using dyes, and doing for such a reason is great justification, they could even raise the cost of skittles, while lowering the cost!! How loving and caring!!
They openly support anti-queer organizations. Edit: you may have read this comment said "or they did" as an edit. I have had numerous comments saying they still do. I wanted to clarify that I was told that they did not. I did later find I was lied to. I do not support what Chick-fil-A is doing at all.
The example of adidas (and Walmart)made me really sad cause I'm Russian and it's so terrible when u see companies HELPING THE GOVERNMENT to establish those disgusting anti-gay laws :_(
Ok, so I own a small nail salon, and I make sure EVERYONE who comes in feels safe. I'm lgbtqia+, so is my son. Many of my clients are. What I really want to do is become a recognized safe place for the community, even for people who aren't my clients.
I heard about the things Target did to help the LGBTQIA community! They’ve donated and fought for our rights. But let’s be honest the pride merch is um... tragic- 😟 but they’re trying so props to them!
Yeah, we love their support but not all merchandise is going to be as awesome as the designs we have on the PBR store. But they are trying which we have to give them credit for.
@@Daniel-jf1ts If I can't apply for Chik-fil-a, I'm def applying for Target. I'll be able to get a job by the time I get myself a bike and wait until my birthday.
My dad got a pride shirt, idk if he knows what it means. He wore it outside of pride month. I don't think he's a homophobe tho, because he's been friends with gay people in the past, plus his sister is lesbian.
thank you for this video! skittles was a really good brand during pride month making the candies without color to show that "only one rainbow mattered this month."
Amazon has a terrible lgbtq experience for employees. I have a friend who is a trans guy and he works at Amazon. They give him problems about using the bathroom that aligns with his gender and refused to change his name on his ID card until it’s legally changed. From what I know they don’t train their employees on lgbtq respect and friendliness.
Support to your friend ofc 🏳️⚧️💕 and that's sucks even more because that's where I got my pan flag and my asexual flag from. It's annoying. Amazon needs to smarten the f*ck up.
Bro Disney put out a tweet that said “everyone is welcome under the rainbow” for Pride month, and Alex Hirsch (Creator of Gravity Falls) came out and said they wouldn’t let Hirsch put in two lesbians in an episode. Disney is an asshole.
i was recently in an apple store and i saw a couple of staff with pronouns on their tag thingys , sure maybe it wasn’t all staff but the fact that atleast 1-2 staff member had pronouns on their tag thingy is a start
In my opinion, no huge corporation can ever be "truly" LGBTQ-friendly. Obviously, some companies are way worse than others, but in the end the most important thing for them is making money. I think the best way to go is to buy from small local LGBTQ businesses if you want pride merch, but if that isn't an option, then this test comes in handy. However, many of these corporations, even the ones who sponsored the equality act, do other horrible things like finding the country with the lowest minimum wage and working conditions so that they can pay workers the least amount of money possible or engaging in harmful environmental practices to get their materials.
What country are you from? Where I'm from, when a company is openly LGBT friendly, they 100% are met with boycotts and LOSING money, and usually do this to show that they are some of the few companies that will hire openly LGBT people and to protest our draconic anti-LGBT laws. I know rainbow capitalism is bad, but sometimes you need perspective. If you're from the US or select western or northern European countries, you have it good. Eastern European here. My entire country is less tolerant than any town in US bible belt. In my country, 90% companies are the equivalent of chick fil-a. Capitalism is bad, companies aren't people, etc, etc, but that 10% is still a start. Our government doesn't care about people. Companies are the closest we have to seeing ourselves accepted sometimes, and they do pay the price for it.
My friend’s parents own a business called FizzyFuntastics (diy bathbomb kits) and they are super accepting, they have a pansexual/ nonbinary kid and a bisexual son. They have also been very accepting of me as a nonbinary/ trans/ pan kid. It would actually be really cool to see them make a rainbow bathbomb kit for pride month or even year round. I’m sure they would actually be very happy to do so. Go check them out or look them up if you want to buy from a very accepting, well made, and creative small business. @fizzyfuntastics.com
Matt, there is no reason for me to test if Matt Haslam Productions is lgbtq friendly. Your whole channel is just queer topics, plus u r a member of the community. I will however do these tests on other companies, thanks. Ur amazing❤️🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈❤️ Also, the HRC comes out with a lgbtq rating around once a year for major US companies and their employees. I use this alot when deciding where to shop
@@Shotos.Cottoncandy_ I am lgbtq+. My bd is tomorrow and I always go to Hobby Lobby on my bd to celebrate and go on a shopping spree. I had no idea it wasnt LGBT+ friendly. Its to bad for them considering almost everything I do with the stuff I get there is gay-
As a closeted teen seeing companies openly support lgbtq rights rly warms my heart :) People that run companies like skittles that genuinely support us and don’t just do it for the money are amazing ❤️❤️🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 It’s such a good feeling to know that you aren’t alone and that for a time it’s safe for you to speak up about lgbt rights knowing that people will back you up when homophobes are around Edit: yes I know most companies use us for advertising and profits during pride but it’s nice to know a small amount genuinely care :)
companies dont care about or support you. they advertise to you so you become a customer or spread their marketing on social media because you are under the impression that it helps. you are just playing their game
in my city, i have not seen that many pride flags but today as i was on my way home from summer school, i saw this house had two rainbow flags, queer flag, and a "we are all human" flag and it made my day so much better. edit: omg thanks for the likes
@@wwrighto Although I can’t make your situation better, I can definitely say this. You are indeed valid, no matter who you define as, what your orientation is or what you look like. The LGBTQIA+ is very open ( from my experience anyways ) Please stay strong even if it’s tough, as allies or as community members we’re here to help! 🏳️🌈
@@wwrighto yeah i live in Virginia and i can't really say my location but it's on the other side of the state from Virginia beach and close to the top there's so many trump flags here i hate it but there's a few good people
Being a transgender male myself, it made me really upset to find out that Pink didn’t let transgender people into their annual fashion show. But besides that, your videos are great! Happy pride month 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Ya before I came out as trans I would wear their bras all the time, I didn’t know they were transphobic and if I did I would have never bought from them, I mean they don’t want me there anyway so why should I buy their merchandise
Another way to see if they are pinkwashing / rainbowwashing is to see what they do on different social media accounts, like Bethesda being rainbow in places like the US, but not in places like Russia.
@@jwb52z9 in Russia they'd probably get slandered so hard on the comments/replies/qrts. sadly most of Russia is homophobic and some time ago there was a story that a dude got in a colony for being a trans man. That did happen a while ago, but I'm not exactly sure if smth like that wouldn't happen again. Don't know much about it though, I'm not russian, I just live next to russia 🤷
Another interesting thing to do is use a VPN to see which companies don't use rainbows banners in countries like Poland or Russia it's pretty interesting actually.
PetSmart's **PRIDE: You are loved** campaign launched back in April with merch hitting the stores. The company has a LGBTQ associate group which operates all year around. And GLESN is the benefactor of this year's donations. We have associate t-shirts and enamel lapel pins which we can wear year around as well.
PetSmart isn't a good place to shop in general because of getting their animals from mills/breeding farms, mistreatment of animals, not educating their employees on tank sizes, animal care, etc, and more. But when it comes to pride, they're not pandering
I hate the kind of people who are like “yeah but their chicken is good” when talking about chic-fil-a. You would rather indirectly support the people trying to erase your existence for some chicken? It’s not even good, or that good if you like it
Yep. Their chicken is good, as far as I remember from the one time I ate it about 25 years ago before I learned of its anti-LGBTQ+ everything. Haven't touched it since, and will not do so probably ever because I don't really see them ever becoming LGBTQ+ affirming, even if they manage to stop being overtly anti-LGBTQ+ at some point in the future.
"How can you tell if it's pride or pandering" You don't even have to learn that you can feel the corporate oder coming from it xD same with media "representation"
Yeah, also this is a bit unrelated she has blocked Stephen King on Twitter because he supports transgender people or at least he believes that trans people are their preferred gender, so at least some popular authors support us
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I like researching stuff like this because even though I'm straight, I respect everyone that is part of the LGBTQ+ community. Everyone should be treated equally in this world.
Netflix even stopped showing a show from Canada called Heartland (a show my homophobic family liked watching) because the people making it wouldn’t put an LGBTQ character in it
I mean if they wanna sponsor our show to condemn corporations for pandering, I’ll gladly take their pandering money just so I can make more educational episodes for all of you beautiful people. They can pander to me all they want. I won’t take their crap but I will gladly take their cash and use it on actual Lgbtq causes.
In my country when a corporation or anything really makes a rainbow icon for themselves and promote LGBT+ in any way they get more negative reacts. My country is so homophobic, transphobic etc it's very scary. Anything rainbow related in my country is a small treasure because even if the company isn't perfect the knowledge of us existing is spreading. I'm demi and for the longest time people thought I was closeted lesbian (because I never could truly tell who I find attractive). I'm happy I know who I am now! I don't face as much discrimination as gays or trans people but before I had a boyfriend I had got all kinds of passive aggresive remarks even when I didn't know who I am. Till this day people around me think I "act saint" or "pretend" to be "unique" or "higher" than others. But it doesn't matter to me anymore because I'm happy with who I am. Happy Pride! 💕
Same My country is pretty nice and i like being here but i really hate how most of the people are so close minded and complain about literally anything. Their reaction to pride month? Oh boi Homophobia everywhere I havent ever met someone from the community ever, it really feels like im alone in here
Hey, happy pride! Hope you're okay out there where you are, hopefully you can get out of there or make a change there eventually! That sucks you have to deal with that and I really hope you're okay. That goes for the original commentor and the other person in the replies, you two stay safe. As a semi-closeted Demigirl, I'm unsure how to come out even though I know I'm around a safe environment. Homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, etc. honestly just makes me sick. I hate how there's people like that out there, but we're stronger than them. Honestly I just wanna take all the lgbtqia+ phobic people and squish them like annoying bugs. Like I said, try and stay safe out there and remember... *YOU'RE AWESOME! Keep being you!*
Hey, in Hungary rainbow couples can't get married and it is stated in the constitution. It also states people are either male or female, and changing their assigned gender is illegal. And recently the parliament accepted a law that apparently legalizes pedophilia and bans any kind of media that tries to introduce LGBTQ+ to audiences under 18.
Disney is definitely pandering. When making The Rise of Skywalker, they had the lesbian kiss. The lesbian kiss was actually cut out for places like China, Russia, and of course Singapore. Because, in Singapore if you feature homosexual content as a subplot, the only people who'd be able to watch it are people over the age of 18. I mean it's ridiculous a film about space battles and Jedi and Sith is considered 18 plus simply because two girls kissed so they edited it out for that. But, suddenly now it's "Everyone is welcome under the rainbow!"
Alex Hirsch made a comment about this on twitter. He basically warned future showrunners that Disney will tell them to edit out LGBTQ+ representation in exchange for money from China
@@yeet2252 im talking about my entier country. We are accepting but its kinda taboo so no one even talks about it but u can see same sex couples in the bigger cities. Most people still give them the side eye or look at them in shock and stay staring for a long time. So its kind of an unspoken rule... there might be some stores in our capital but ive been there and never saw anything. Its defenatly not advertized or supported but i dont think its publically shamed either. Most men above a certain age are very homofobic tho.
same here! Living in Poland where it's still illegal for same sex couples to marry. Some people in bigger cities celebrate and there are pride merches, but have seen them only in Levi's in Cracow so I am not sure if there is actually any other merch available to buy not-online. And I am living in a small town, so it's taboo in here or just things like"oh look at these people on pride march, they so disgusting! Pls don't be like 'em". But I have a couple of classmates that are cool about it and this one bi friend that is absolutely amazing and celebrates with me thru texts🥺 No one asked, I know, I just wanted to write to someone about it. Even if you're not gonna read it
I think that people don't really acknowledge your first time actually seeing it and realizing that it's in your life. At least for me, it was pretty amazing to see all the merchandise. I'm not out yet, and i'm still only 13 and I know it isn't all great but that first moment of just seeing it was pretty cool.
Dude, don't release your age online; Groomers are gonna swarm you like flies if they figure it out. You need to stay safe online, and age is one of the big things that can put you in danger.
i went into a spencer’s one time and there was this homophobic person and they were saying things about the merch until an employee came to tell them off. good memories
As a head up: Apple is VERY LGBTQ+ friendly, I was very validated when I was an employee there. They may be a souless corporate Hellhole to be a part of, but they at least are SUPER supportive of the community.
I think this is more of a local situation as opposed to the whole company, but the Hot Topic in the mall I work at had all of its LGBT+ employees, including a manager, walk out because the other two managers were discriminating against them, misgendering them on purpose, giving them impossible assignments, writing them up for things they didn't actually do, and even refusing to speak to the nonbinary manager who quit alongside all the sales associates. Also, the managers had to delete their work group chat because they were using homophobic language in the chat. Basically, those two managers deserve to lose their jobs.
Welcome to the channel. We post 3 episodes each week during pride month and 150 lgbtq education episodes each year. I’m glad you could join us so early for this one. Much love ❤️ and rainbows 🏳️🌈, Professor Pride
One time my dad and i outsmarted hobby lobby. There was a sign that said that there was a discount for some stuff and there was a painting of a raccoon next to it along with a lot of other things. I wanted it so we brought it to the checkout. The guy said that the painting didn’t count as part of the discount and said “Go find a sign that says wall decor,” as a joke. So i sat somewhere while my dad looked around. Then right behind me was a table that said wall decor. Then we got the discount :D
7:39 Actually the backlas wasn't just for the fact there were LGBT characters, it was because they had nothing relating to the plot and all their personality was is be gay. As someone who is LGBT I honestly understand what they mean.
@Strawberry Orphan I think he means that it's pandering, because the character is minor and has exaggerated gay stereotypes, and are gay for the sake of being gay
7:46 Although amazon and Netflix is a terrible example here I'm a LGBTQ+ person and even I complain about this It's not about if they have characters from our community it's how they're written..and the way netflix series write theirs is just... No, its pure Cishet twitter activist pandering
@@Morrigan855 dude the person who who wrote her was on the autism spectrum not only that millions of autistic people have said that she is a good reputation go on any comment section On a video about her you'll see them
I brought all my pride merch from a small local shop this year. They arnt donating any money this year (they have in the past) because they are allready really struggling to make a profit thanks to covid, so I'm giving them a pass. They are always nice in their and most of thr staff are lgbtq+
If i own a business one day, and its like a clothes store, in June (pride month) i change the decorations and its not just the sexualities in the lgbtqia+ title, its ALLL of them lol
It's for profit. Where I live supporting LGBT is legally mandatory. Rainbow logo or not. So companies will change their logo for profit. 100% of the time. However we don't have a pride month, Instead there is usually always something somewhere all year round.
@@yunamchill9169 🏴 🦄 🏞️ Scotland legal system and society built on a patriarchal system. (Meaning that men are in power) yeah we have near-perfect gender equality. The only problems are now men and women want different things and it's difficult to satisfy everyone. Regardless of being built on a patriarchal system, we still have plenty of women in government and even a woman head of the government does as first minister. yet extreme left-wing feminism is considered to be sexist thus illegal. Also racism is a hate crime here, regardless 98% of the population here is European white, and we are really pale. Politically we are not republicans, not democrats. "Make Scotland great again..." No! Scotland is already great! We are the one asking question, what to do with the greatness we already have? For others, we are the ones leading the world into prosperous forward-thinking future.
Companies during Pride Month: respect pride! everyone should be accepted! 🏳️🌈 Companies after Pride Month ends: Gay? what's that? what does it mean? ᓵ𝙹ᒲ!¡ᔑリ╎ᒷᓭ ∴⍑ᒷリ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ╎ᒲ!¡𝙹ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ ᓭ⚍ᓭ: ᔑᒲ𝙹⊣⚍ᓭ
I saw this somewhere so it's not mine but it's exactly me Me: I don't trust companies that have pride stuff out only in June, because it could be just for profit. Also me if there isn't any pride merch: 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨
Netflix and Amazon feel more like they’re shielding themselves by feigning support rather than actually being in genuine support Gay characters still need to feel natural, because, to me, they’re just characters
Damn I love Spencer’s like their clothes are cute af- And also im going to hobby lobby soon so imma wear my trans suspenders that I got from Spencer’s 😍
Yeah, I avoid Hobby Lobby like the plague, not just because they're anti-LGBTQ+, but also because they sued the US government to override the Affordable Care Act requirement to provide health insurance that covers birth control to their employees on the basis of their owners' religious beliefs, and they won, which now allows any private company to deny insurance coverage for things they disagree with to their employees on the basis of the owners' religious beliefs.
There was an ad for Campbell’s soup with two dads and a son. A woman on twitter said “the advertisement makes me sick.” Campbell’s responded with… “Hi! If you’re feeling sick, try some Campbell’s soup! Make sure to enjoy it hot, so it can warm up your cold, dead heart.”
This is so helpful and I appreciate it dearly! Last week my mum took me out to buy a few things with my allowance and I dragged her into bath & body works. She was looking around and I found a spot with two types of candles covered in rainbow. The sign above said "pride" or something like that. I picked one up and it smelt like birthday cake so went to tell my mum. Since I'm still closeted, I prayed she didn't notice the promotion and she seemed to either not, or just didn't care. So I got my candle and I'm pretty sure b&bw support. I'll make sure to look into it though! And sorry about my dumb rant about a candle-
So far going through the comments, Good companies: Discord, PetSmart, Hot Topic, Microsoft, Target, Netflix, Ben and Jerrys, Spencer's, Skittles, and a few more Bad companies: Hobby Lobby, Chick-fil-A, Disney, and a few others If ya want to correct me on something or add more to the list, please do so. I just want to make sure I can have this list for people who dont want to go through all the comments.
There's a crosswalk outside my local shopping mall, and for pride month someone spray painted it the ally flag. The flag has since been repainted twice, due to vandalism, and in brighter colours each time, and it's not just random kids doing it, it's actual people who work for the mall. Small good ally story for you all
i know its been a week since this was posted, but when i saw that Spencers was an LGBTQIA+ friendly company i was very happy because today i bought some pride shirts from one of there stores. don't know why I'm writing this, just happy.
To be honest I understand the need for pride merch and I love that people can wear things / have items that show how proud they are to be lgbtq, but consumerism is awful in general right now. I think that for the benefit of our planet we shouldn't at all be supporting big companies such as walmart or barnes and noble. For example, many locally owned corner stores and book stores are driven away by these massive companies. It is really dangerous if you look into it. Also, many products in these stores are not built to last and are throwaway items that will further pollute the already awfully neglected environment. This isn't meant to shame anyone who enjoys having pride themed things, I also enjoy it. But I think we need to be a lot more conscious of our decisions of where we buy things, how much plastic is on them, and what places we openly support. I understand not everyone has that luxury and that is okay. But we have to realize that these companies are against us no matter what because of the way our late stage capitalistic society functions. And change happens from the ground up. All of your little actions matter. Of course, avoiding buying anything is not only unrealistic but it is also not the full solution. One huge thing you can do is to speak up, join protests, vote, educate yourself on government, wealth distribution, pollution, lgbtq rights, racism and environmental racism. I'm again not saying this to discourage anyone from enjoying their lives. But we also should realize how imminent our problems are and that everyone can benefit if we look at things as connected issues. For example, women's rights has shown to improve economic and quality of life. Education of women is one of the largest factors in improving society because it results in less unplanned pregnancy, less poverty, less environmental degradation, etc. Just wanted to bring all of this up! EDIT: Important also is to see where the item was made. Lots of products are made in sweatshops or by child workers overseas. Take this into account, buy ethically if you can! You shouldn't buy apple products if you can avoid it. Look into fairphone. Their motto is "the most sustainable cell phone is the one in your pocket." Don't buy something you don't need if it can be avoided. Still treat yourself well, but be wary and think of the people who mine cobalt for your phone. Look it up if you can!
I see your point but what about small businesses? or even companies that use most of the profits from their items that goes towards good causes including for the environment.But also businesses that are not discriminatory against their workers while giving them benefits.Again,I understand your point about the exploitation and unethical corporations under capitalism.But there are non corporate businesses that do care.
@@jenevievecrouch1145 that's really true! it's great when businesses are actually doing positive work. especially those smaller businesses, and with really small ones it is great to support them as they make a living separate from those large companies. good point to add thank you!
i haven't watched this video yet but i wanna talk about the fact that people think "love is love" is an okay term. because ped0philes, zooph1les, and etc will use that term and thus it gets the assumption that all lgbtq+ people are those kinds of people and i see so many stores having that have that term and it really pisses me off because it's not okay
The sad thing about all of this, is there are some companies that pass this test you've made, but the moment LGBTQIA stuff become less profitable they drop and flip. sadly sometimes pandering is super hard to know.
I live in the UK, and we’ve got a shop called Asda. Every pride month, they sell “pride skittles” which is kind of ironic, considering they’re just colourless skittles so you have to guess what flavour they are.
aw man I always loved going into spencer's because it's the few stores that you could physically walk into and feel like you're at home, as someone who never liked a lot of the normal stuff you see in stores, you get to see a wall of shirts from franchises that you like, and they stay with the times.
I guess something that bothers me about Netflix is in the past year, a comedy show was released and throughout the show, MULTIPLE transphobic and homophobic jokes were made. After that, some transgender employees protested, and they eventually fired the employee. I don't know if they apologized and rehired that employee or if they had a literal valid reason as to why they fired them, but I got rid of my subscription when that happened.
If it’s a company, it’s pandering. They don’t care about you, they care about their profit margins. No matter how much they seem like they are helping or how much their employees care, the companies don’t.
We had a protest against the "Don't say gay" bill at my college and afterwards a bunch of us went to eat at the campus Chick-fil-A. The only thing more delicious than the Chick-fil-A sauce was the irony.
NASA for example, doesn't even sell pride merch and doesn't squeeze the last cent from LGBT people neither do they turn their logo into rainbow colors. They support LGBT people without these typical marketing techniques like going to pride parades (like in San Francisco for example), you can download documents on their website where they stand for diversity in their workspaces and go by anti-discrimination rules to make a safe workplace for everyone and even post their support on Twitter every year. I own a lot of nasa merch and the money I spent there then goes to space which is something good to support for someone like me who's a big astronomy freak.
I don’t feel comfortable sharing my age(10-13) but I’m omni and still scared to come out. I already told my friends and siblings but I have quite a bit of close family. Any suggestions?
This is from a closeted person btw i may not be very reliable But i think you should try to find out if your family supports like for example : say out loud “woah did you know insert celebrity is insert sexuality?” See how they react If they react good then come out in a few years If they don’t come out when you’re stable and are able to be in a safe situation Like i said I’m closeted so sorry about that and good luck :)
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I think you'd better not. Just in case. Maybe come out when you're in your own house Edit: Yes I came out to my own family, and made the mistake of doing it while I lived under their roof
Hear me out; maybe we should just eat where we want, buy what we want, and wear what we want regardless of what the people making the products political or religious beliefs are. If Hitler made the best burgers in the entire world, I would probably eat his burgers. Just like I eat at Chick-Fil-A because I like their chicken, and wear Nike because I like their shoes and clothes. I couldn’t care less about whatever beliefs they hold. That’s like saying, “I don’t want to drink water because it has more hydrogen than oxygen in it, it’s being oxygenist. Let’s boycott water!” Sounds kinda silly doesn’t it?
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Okay is it possible that the government is threatening to tax the hell out of these corporations or demonize them in the media constantly unless they pander to lgbtq
Ben and jerry's is a good example of an LGBT+ friendly corporation. They do more than just say, "yeah, gay rights," They're actively spending time and money on helping LGBT+ causes, and have signs and things in their shops year-round, not just June.
I’ve always liked their ice cream and I just now learned this
I am asking my mom to buy Ben and Jerry's now
Yep! Only ice cream brand we buy now. The few extra dollars is worth it to support brands that support everyone
I guess there's a reason it's called Ben and Jerry's hahaah
They seem pretty performative and neoliberal lol
Netflix also cancelled production of a show in Turkey, after the government refused to issue a permit due to the fact that the show had a gay character. They refused the solution offered to remove the gay character and getting the permit.
What show was that?
Better to cancel it than remove the gay character and still get money imo
@Itsy Bii continuing the movie is better for the company, which is why I think it's more morally right to give up the money. Keep the character or bust
As an ace-aro Turk I am very disappointed 🤦♀️
Movie: Has a bunch of minors twerking, taking inappropiate pics, wearing suggestive clothing, etc.
Netflix: I see no problem here!
Movie: Has a gay character
Netflix: I ᓭ⍑ᔑꖎꖎ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ᔑꖎꖎ𝙹∴ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ
Skittles most definitely is not pandering. The way they took the color out of the candy and said "only one rainbow matters" it's actually really cool!
We stan skittles
Pepsi is definitely not pandering.
That makes me appreciate Skittles even more!
another reason why skittles is the best candy company
Would save much money on not using dyes, and doing for such a reason is great justification, they could even raise the cost of skittles, while lowering the cost!! How loving and caring!!
Chick-fil-A is definitely pandering
They openly support anti-queer organizations.
Edit: you may have read this comment said "or they did" as an edit. I have had numerous comments saying they still do. I wanted to clarify that I was told that they did not. I did later find I was lied to. I do not support what Chick-fil-A is doing at all.
Yea Chick-fil-A is homophobic af
Yeah but it is delicious. :-\
So..........
For sure… I’m never eating there again
I like that as a "fucc u" to Chick Fil A, Burger King is going to donate to Igbt charities when people buy their chicken sandwiches lmao.
The example of adidas (and Walmart)made me really sad cause I'm Russian and it's so terrible when u see companies HELPING THE GOVERNMENT to establish those disgusting anti-gay laws :_(
It really is heartbreaking to see :(
Yeah.
@paper airoplane same as a fellow half russian
Walmart's known for being a little more right-winged (More likely [but not 100%] homophobic)
@mae_09 Russia's govt. is bad in general, and so I hope that ends soon.
Ok, so I own a small nail salon, and I make sure EVERYONE who comes in feels safe. I'm lgbtqia+, so is my son. Many of my clients are. What I really want to do is become a recognized safe place for the community, even for people who aren't my clients.
I wish you and your buisness the best then! ( ^ v ^) 💝
nail salon pog
nail salon pog
that is so cool omg
@@f1rewalkwithme_ THERE'S SOMETHING IN MY EYE??
I heard about the things Target did to help the LGBTQIA community! They’ve donated and fought for our rights. But let’s be honest the pride merch is um... tragic- 😟 but they’re trying so props to them!
Yeah, we love their support but not all merchandise is going to be as awesome as the designs we have on the PBR store. But they are trying which we have to give them credit for.
True AND they have pronouns on the badges for employees!
I might have to start working at Target then lol
@@Daniel-jf1ts If I can't apply for Chik-fil-a, I'm def applying for Target. I'll be able to get a job by the time I get myself a bike and wait until my birthday.
no
Ngl i saw the rainbow chick-fil-a logo i was immedietly suspicious
Yeah that bullshit everyone sees through
I love your profile pic
i saw thee hobby lobby i knew it was sus
@@jodiew7472 mmm yummy conversion therapy chicken 😋🤞
@@Zero_Is_Stopping_Time *cat pfp check*
*me wearing my pride shirt my super homophobic parents got me in the pride section not knowing it was gay* : ARE THEY ON TO ME
WHAT PDDJDKSJDJJJAJAJAJSJDJJSJA
pride shirt pog
My dad got a pride shirt, idk if he knows what it means. He wore it outside of pride month. I don't think he's a homophobe tho, because he's been friends with gay people in the past, plus his sister is lesbian.
@@Kainouaintdead i think thats a gay *sopporter* not a gay hater
@@goodbananas8433 ok I kinda speculated that
thank you for this video! skittles was a really good brand during pride month making the candies without color to show that "only one rainbow mattered this month."
Is that shinsou in your profile pic or sum'n??
@@goghonoi9839 ya lol
PAN
@@basilbat273 is that bad or. . .?
@@sunnysnowy-sw1nm no im a pan
Amazon has a terrible lgbtq experience for employees. I have a friend who is a trans guy and he works at Amazon. They give him problems about using the bathroom that aligns with his gender and refused to change his name on his ID card until it’s legally changed. From what I know they don’t train their employees on lgbtq respect and friendliness.
All the support to your trans guy friend 💙💝🤍💝💙(imagine it’s a heart trans flag okay xD)
-Sincerly,a non-binary
Support to your friend ofc 🏳️⚧️💕 and that's sucks even more because that's where I got my pan flag and my asexual flag from. It's annoying. Amazon needs to smarten the f*ck up.
@@asuko-san7440 hello fellow nb! =D
@@lazuliisanidiot hellow
=D
What? Gender? Never heard about it!
@@asuko-san7440 me neither!
Bro Disney put out a tweet that said “everyone is welcome under the rainbow” for Pride month, and Alex Hirsch (Creator of Gravity Falls) came out and said they wouldn’t let Hirsch put in two lesbians in an episode.
Disney is an asshole.
We stan Alex
They are working on it. The owl house has lesbianism in it.
@@brennawenger4091 and Dana terrace (creator of the owl house) is Alex's wife :)
@@seaweed7511 Not to mention the short film "Out" that got out last month. I mean, it's not much but is something
i mean, at least we got the gay cops.
i was recently in an apple store and i saw a couple of staff with pronouns on their tag thingys , sure maybe it wasn’t all staff but the fact that atleast 1-2 staff member had pronouns on their tag thingy is a start
thats very cool
Yeah! I was at the mall in my main town and I went to spencers and got a they/them pride pin! ^>^
@@N0rtmiik3 ay :D
@@N0rtmiik3 what's spencers? (i sound super out of touch dont i)
@@o5-7firefox it’s an adult store.
lol Chick-fil-A made their logo rainbow, we all see right through their crap.
So true
Yea We Don’t Stan Chick-fil-a
Oh lord did they really-
-~-
~Landen of the Destined Children
There is a chick Fil a near where I live 🤮 every time I pass it I wanna die from all the homophobia
@@dollpartsgirl I never knew they were homophobic, I just really like chicken.. never going again ☹️
I just learned Microsoft is extremely lgbtqia+ friendly.
i'm gonna go hug my surface pro now :) happy pride
@@tatteryt i have respect for you having a surface instead of a mac
Wow rly! -realises that there are flags to use on Skype-
@@ket6135 Whaat? That's awesome! On the stickers? Imma look for it when I hop on tomorrow.
Isn't that just a decent thing to do I don't think they need praise for being moral.
In my opinion, no huge corporation can ever be "truly" LGBTQ-friendly. Obviously, some companies are way worse than others, but in the end the most important thing for them is making money. I think the best way to go is to buy from small local LGBTQ businesses if you want pride merch, but if that isn't an option, then this test comes in handy.
However, many of these corporations, even the ones who sponsored the equality act, do other horrible things like finding the country with the lowest minimum wage and working conditions so that they can pay workers the least amount of money possible or engaging in harmful environmental practices to get their materials.
Yeah no shit companies fucking suck. All of them. Any mom and pop shops were destroyed this pandemic.
LGBTQ businesses where I live!? (Canada) 💀
Your hilarious man
What country are you from? Where I'm from, when a company is openly LGBT friendly, they 100% are met with boycotts and LOSING money, and usually do this to show that they are some of the few companies that will hire openly LGBT people and to protest our draconic anti-LGBT laws. I know rainbow capitalism is bad, but sometimes you need perspective. If you're from the US or select western or northern European countries, you have it good. Eastern European here. My entire country is less tolerant than any town in US bible belt.
In my country, 90% companies are the equivalent of chick fil-a. Capitalism is bad, companies aren't people, etc, etc, but that 10% is still a start. Our government doesn't care about people. Companies are the closest we have to seeing ourselves accepted sometimes, and they do pay the price for it.
My friend’s parents own a business called FizzyFuntastics (diy bathbomb kits) and they are super accepting, they have a pansexual/ nonbinary kid and a bisexual son. They have also been very accepting of me as a nonbinary/ trans/ pan kid. It would actually be really cool to see them make a rainbow bathbomb kit for pride month or even year round. I’m sure they would actually be very happy to do so. Go check them out or look them up if you want to buy from a very accepting, well made, and creative small business. @fizzyfuntastics.com
@@Jhud69 What country is that? Sounds horrible.
Matt, there is no reason for me to test if Matt Haslam Productions is lgbtq friendly. Your whole channel is just queer topics, plus u r a member of the community. I will however do these tests on other companies, thanks. Ur amazing❤️🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈❤️
Also, the HRC comes out with a lgbtq rating around once a year for major US companies and their employees. I use this alot when deciding where to shop
Yay a member! Thank you for ur support for this channel
Yeah I’ll test all of them
Except
Chick-fil-a
Hobby lobby
If you live in the U.S. you know why
@@Shotos.Cottoncandy_ yep-
@@Shotos.Cottoncandy_ I am lgbtq+. My bd is tomorrow and I always go to Hobby Lobby on my bd to celebrate and go on a shopping spree. I had no idea it wasnt LGBT+ friendly. Its to bad for them considering almost everything I do with the stuff I get there is gay-
June 11 was my birthday and I guess my mom somehow found out I was bisexual. My best gift was to know that my mom accepts me for who I am.
Congrats, happy late birthday 🍰
Happy extremely late birthday and I’m glad it worked out. Tell your mom I said she’s a good person.
Samee, my birthday is also that day we’re TWINSSSSSS
@@JaceAVinson this is all so wholesome I just can't
Same birthday let’s go! But I hope you get your birthday gift we know how much it means to you
As a closeted teen seeing companies openly support lgbtq rights rly warms my heart :)
People that run companies like skittles that genuinely support us and don’t just do it for the money are amazing ❤️❤️🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
It’s such a good feeling to know that you aren’t alone and that for a time it’s safe for you to speak up about lgbt rights knowing that people will back you up when homophobes are around
Edit: yes I know most companies use us for advertising and profits during pride but it’s nice to know a small amount genuinely care :)
bruh if fucking "taste the rainbow" didn't support lgbtq+ I'd have a serious problem with life
@@mjolnirsoul9214 me too lol
companies dont care about or support you. they advertise to you so you become a customer or spread their marketing on social media because you are under the impression that it helps. you are just playing their game
@@YuriNoirProductions another person who thinks no one can do good huh
homophones... sorry that cracked me up
in my city, i have not seen that many pride flags but today as i was on my way home from summer school, i saw this house had two rainbow flags, queer flag, and a "we are all human" flag and it made my day so much better. edit: omg thanks for the likes
meanwhile in my country, i see none.
a bunch of people here are homophobes, especially my parents
@@wwrighto
Although I can’t make your situation better, I can definitely say this.
You are indeed valid, no matter who you define as, what your orientation is or what you look like. The LGBTQIA+ is very open ( from my experience anyways ) Please stay strong even if it’s tough, as allies or as community members we’re here to help! 🏳️🌈
@@_chromophobia1495
tysm
@@wwrighto yeah i live in Virginia and i can't really say my location but it's on the other side of the state from Virginia beach and close to the top there's so many trump flags here i hate it but there's a few good people
@@marleystired
that's so scary. i'm at Malaysia, my friends... not a lot of them supports it :(
Being a transgender male myself, it made me really upset to find out that Pink didn’t let transgender people into their annual fashion show.
But besides that, your videos are great! Happy pride month 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
i thought you meant the singer lmao
Ya before I came out as trans I would wear their bras all the time, I didn’t know they were transphobic and if I did I would have never bought from them, I mean they don’t want me there anyway so why should I buy their merchandise
I was scared for a bit because I thought you met P!nk the singer. So glad you weren't because I love P!nk and she supports LGBTQ rights.
@@fueledbypaintwater Honestly if I ever said anything rude about Pink, I’d let everyone curse me out. She’s such a good singer.
i misread that as the singer pink as i can see other people did as well.
Another way to see if they are pinkwashing / rainbowwashing is to see what they do on different social media accounts, like Bethesda being rainbow in places like the US, but not in places like Russia.
It wouldn't do them any good, and possibly harm in reality, if they did that in Russia, which wouldn't help anyone.
@@jwb52z9 in Russia they'd probably get slandered so hard on the comments/replies/qrts. sadly most of Russia is homophobic and some time ago there was a story that a dude got in a colony for being a trans man. That did happen a while ago, but I'm not exactly sure if smth like that wouldn't happen again. Don't know much about it though, I'm not russian, I just live next to russia 🤷
Well, in Russia, that'd be... Death.
Bruh-
Another interesting thing to do is use a VPN to see which companies don't use rainbows banners in countries like Poland or Russia it's pretty interesting actually.
PetSmart's **PRIDE: You are loved** campaign launched back in April with merch hitting the stores. The company has a LGBTQ associate group which operates all year around. And GLESN is the benefactor of this year's donations. We have associate t-shirts and enamel lapel pins which we can wear year around as well.
rainbow cat? 👀
@@_myaaa_ I just heard you can dye you pets fur which is kinda crazy but I feel like people are gonna be doing that
@@_myaaa_ no unless the dye is animal safe but I recommend no
PetSmart isn't a good place to shop in general because of getting their animals from mills/breeding farms, mistreatment of animals, not educating their employees on tank sizes, animal care, etc, and more. But when it comes to pride, they're not pandering
now they just need to get better at taking care of pets and not supporting mills and theyre golden
I feel like even 20 years ago Pride merch was only sold at specialty shops like Spencer's and skate shops. Places known for being "edgy"
i mean has any cishet person ever gone to Spencer's?
@@lunaplaysgames9824 my Cister
The good ole days before being gay was a personality
@nikolas the bumblebee exactly, but nowadays it’s treated like a personality when in reality it’s just a preference of a certain sex or both sexes
@nikolas the bumblebee you are delusional
In my school district during June our province's flag is taken down and replaced with a rainbow flag, makes me happy whenever I see it
I like your pfp
@XxXr3s!d3n7tp4$t4-g!rlXxX yes I do, Toby's my favorite
@Mcfischl this solution is the best one
We have a pride flag in our school
we have multiple ones inside nearly every classroom and we have a GSA club
I hate the kind of people who are like “yeah but their chicken is good” when talking about chic-fil-a. You would rather indirectly support the people trying to erase your existence for some chicken? It’s not even good, or that good if you like it
I honestly don’t like Chic-fil-a’s food. I’ve had it a few times because of my family members and It doesn’t taste good.
I honestly don't understand the hype about Chick-fil-a, it's just chicken and other places like Popeyes is better anyways
the chicken sandwiches can be replaced by the ones at mcdonalds ffs.
@@TapDay its really overpriced too
Yep. Their chicken is good, as far as I remember from the one time I ate it about 25 years ago before I learned of its anti-LGBTQ+ everything. Haven't touched it since, and will not do so probably ever because I don't really see them ever becoming LGBTQ+ affirming, even if they manage to stop being overtly anti-LGBTQ+ at some point in the future.
"How can you tell if it's pride or pandering"
You don't even have to learn that you can feel the corporate oder coming from it xD
same with media "representation"
When your gaydar also detects something foul in the companies in Pride Month
@@neutralpie420 the pandering companies broke my damn gaydar, they’re that hungry for money
But I figured Target would be homophobic and they weren't
HP: harry potter J.K is transphobic unluckily for her HP also can be said Happy Pride
HP brown sauce
HP printer
Hairy Pot
Yeah, also this is a bit unrelated she has blocked Stephen King on Twitter because he supports transgender people or at least he believes that trans people are their preferred gender, so at least some popular authors support us
@@mebii3830 yeah but also H a p p y p r i d e m y f e l l o w LGBTQ+ m e m b e r
this is the EASIEST subscribe ive ever done. this is fabulous
We are glad to hear that. We work hard to make sure this channel is a safe place for all LGBTQIA+ identities. This is one of the only non animation channels I have subbed to 10/10 would recommend. Please don't think I am biased just because I mod streams
Where did you get your pfp?
@@Briannabuggy I made it. Do you want one?
@@Briannabuggy or where you asking lillie
@@Rebellious_Pastry I think I saw it in an tiktok
I like researching stuff like this because even though I'm straight, I respect everyone that is part of the LGBTQ+ community. Everyone should be treated equally in this world.
True ally
11:53
No one:
Me:*Sips Pepsi while watching this video* “Yes, very good.”
Pepsi gives me memories of my granny, I missed her. She was totally queer af, but closeted :D
@@dianalopez5168 awww so sweet
I'm gonna go get one rn
@@dianalopez5168 aww would've loved to hang out with her!
I love Pepsi, glad to know they support us as well. Nice ,':)
Pet smart also has LGBTQ cat, dog and other pet toys years around! I was so happy to see the gay and lesbian flag on a cat toy in December!
That’s adorable!
😍😍😍😍😍
AWWW!
That's odd, don't ya think?
@@hllyenaylleth9576 kinda , but where I live the majority of people are Democrats and support LGBTQ
Living in an Asian country, its just impossible that I would see ANY sign of rainbow in June. Makes me so sad :(
Same here pal :/
i feel like homophobia isnt as ingrained in asian countries but neither is pride T^T
Taiwan legalized gay marriage though, and I think Japan and China allow civil unions (basically unofficial marriage). It’s not much, but it’s a start.
Asia is mostly islam vountries
Who cares. Celebrate your own achievements, instead of caring so much about rainbows.
Netflix even stopped showing a show from Canada called Heartland (a show my homophobic family liked watching) because the people making it wouldn’t put an LGBTQ character in it
Wait, the horse show thing? Dayum, watched that as a kid
ngl that’s just stupid
not trying to be homophobic, but why tf would you care if theres a gay character in or not in a show? just watch it and stop complaining
Dude all you have to do to see Chick-fila’s real colors is walk in there and be openly LGBTQ+ and you’ll get kicked out real fast. Happened once lol
Me, a pansexual who works at Chick-Fil-A: *undercover agent mode activated*
Dooby Dooby Do, Ba Dooby Do-
@@Jjjjjjjames Perry!
@@taleseylad1249 he's a semi-aquatic, egg laying mammal of action
chicken fil a good who cares what they do if its good then eat it
Haha slay
The irony of having this video interrupted by a pride themed ad from state farm...
I mean if they wanna sponsor our show to condemn corporations for pandering, I’ll gladly take their pandering money just so I can make more educational episodes for all of you beautiful people. They can pander to me all they want. I won’t take their crap but I will gladly take their cash and use it on actual Lgbtq causes.
i got an ad with a product straight up called str8
Once I literally got an add saying being gay is a sin trans people are fake blah blah blah… on a trans persons video…
I got shown and LGBTQ+ ad before the video started too lol
I got that ad tooo
In my country when a corporation or anything really makes a rainbow icon for themselves and promote LGBT+ in any way they get more negative reacts. My country is so homophobic, transphobic etc it's very scary. Anything rainbow related in my country is a small treasure because even if the company isn't perfect the knowledge of us existing is spreading. I'm demi and for the longest time people thought I was closeted lesbian (because I never could truly tell who I find attractive). I'm happy I know who I am now! I don't face as much discrimination as gays or trans people but before I had a boyfriend I had got all kinds of passive aggresive remarks even when I didn't know who I am. Till this day people around me think I "act saint" or "pretend" to be "unique" or "higher" than others. But it doesn't matter to me anymore because I'm happy with who I am. Happy Pride! 💕
Same
My country is pretty nice and i like being here but i really hate how most of the people are so close minded and complain about literally anything.
Their reaction to pride month? Oh boi
Homophobia everywhere
I havent ever met someone from the community ever, it really feels like im alone in here
Hey, happy pride! Hope you're okay out there where you are, hopefully you can get out of there or make a change there eventually! That sucks you have to deal with that and I really hope you're okay. That goes for the original commentor and the other person in the replies, you two stay safe. As a semi-closeted Demigirl, I'm unsure how to come out even though I know I'm around a safe environment. Homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, etc. honestly just makes me sick. I hate how there's people like that out there, but we're stronger than them. Honestly I just wanna take all the lgbtqia+ phobic people and squish them like annoying bugs. Like I said, try and stay safe out there and remember...
*YOU'RE AWESOME! Keep being you!*
*sees demi, Moana intensifies*
Hey, in Hungary rainbow couples can't get married and it is stated in the constitution. It also states people are either male or female, and changing their assigned gender is illegal. And recently the parliament accepted a law that apparently legalizes pedophilia and bans any kind of media that tries to introduce LGBTQ+ to audiences under 18.
Disney is definitely pandering. When making The Rise of Skywalker, they had the lesbian kiss. The lesbian kiss was actually cut out for places like China, Russia, and of course Singapore. Because, in Singapore if you feature homosexual content as a subplot, the only people who'd be able to watch it are people over the age of 18. I mean it's ridiculous a film about space battles and Jedi and Sith is considered 18 plus simply because two girls kissed so they edited it out for that. But, suddenly now it's "Everyone is welcome under the rainbow!"
It's a law problem, honey.
Alex Hirsch made a comment about this on twitter. He basically warned future showrunners that Disney will tell them to edit out LGBTQ+ representation in exchange for money from China
Here pride just isnt a thing. I never saw flags or merch or anything outside. Its unfortunate.
Same, I live in a very homophobic area where most LGBTQ+ have to gather quietly or risk getting harassed/attacked.
Hopefully things will change here.
@@yeet2252 im talking about my entier country. We are accepting but its kinda taboo so no one even talks about it but u can see same sex couples in the bigger cities. Most people still give them the side eye or look at them in shock and stay staring for a long time. So its kind of an unspoken rule... there might be some stores in our capital but ive been there and never saw anything. Its defenatly not advertized or supported but i dont think its publically shamed either. Most men above a certain age are very homofobic tho.
@@csgaiao33 Oh, well hopefully it'll become less taboo and more accepted in your country
@@yeet2252 thank u ^-^ i really hope it will!! At least its going in that direction :3 same wishes to u and ur region!
same here! Living in Poland where it's still illegal for same sex couples to marry. Some people in bigger cities celebrate and there are pride merches, but have seen them only in Levi's in Cracow so I am not sure if there is actually any other merch available to buy not-online. And I am living in a small town, so it's taboo in here or just things like"oh look at these people on pride march, they so disgusting! Pls don't be like 'em". But I have a couple of classmates that are cool about it and this one bi friend that is absolutely amazing and celebrates with me thru texts🥺
No one asked, I know, I just wanted to write to someone about it. Even if you're not gonna read it
I think that people don't really acknowledge your first time actually seeing it and realizing that it's in your life. At least for me, it was pretty amazing to see all the merchandise. I'm not out yet, and i'm still only 13 and I know it isn't all great but that first moment of just seeing it was pretty cool.
Poggg
Dude, don't release your age online; Groomers are gonna swarm you like flies if they figure it out.
You need to stay safe online, and age is one of the big things that can put you in danger.
i went into a spencer’s one time and there was this homophobic person and they were saying things about the merch until an employee came to tell them off. good memories
i cant even fathom the fact that homophobic people have the nerve to walk into a spencer's
@@El-de6nj you'd be surprised the people that come in and then get pissed.
As a head up: Apple is VERY LGBTQ+ friendly, I was very validated when I was an employee there. They may be a souless corporate Hellhole to be a part of, but they at least are SUPER supportive of the community.
wait soulless? wdym
Well of course Apple is LGBTQ+ friendly Tim Cook is gay so of course they would be
Seeing Chick-fil-A with a rainbow/ pride background is just like the name safely endangered
Lmao
I think this is more of a local situation as opposed to the whole company, but the Hot Topic in the mall I work at had all of its LGBT+ employees, including a manager, walk out because the other two managers were discriminating against them, misgendering them on purpose, giving them impossible assignments, writing them up for things they didn't actually do, and even refusing to speak to the nonbinary manager who quit alongside all the sales associates. Also, the managers had to delete their work group chat because they were using homophobic language in the chat. Basically, those two managers deserve to lose their jobs.
Wow, searched Pride and found this only 15 minutes since it went up. Nice 👍🏻
Welcome to the channel. We post 3 episodes each week during pride month and 150 lgbtq education episodes each year. I’m glad you could join us so early for this one. Much love ❤️ and rainbows 🏳️🌈, Professor Pride
I used to be a fan of Hobby lobby 😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥
Good thing I don't plan to work for them
I never went to a hobby lobby before
Same now I'm not
One time my dad and i outsmarted hobby lobby. There was a sign that said that there was a discount for some stuff and there was a painting of a raccoon next to it along with a lot of other things. I wanted it so we brought it to the checkout. The guy said that the painting didn’t count as part of the discount and said “Go find a sign that says wall decor,” as a joke. So i sat somewhere while my dad looked around. Then right behind me was a table that said wall decor. Then we got the discount :D
@@mothzu haha you got them good
same- i’m just glad i have other art supply stores nearby
Went to Petco and they had this pride stand and the money goes to the Trevor project. They really do care
Sadly most pet stores, including them, don’t care about animals :(( it’s lovely that they’re allies but they also treat their animals like shit 😭😭
Give money to me, a gay, directly.
yes.
Do you except 💵emoji?
@@sdtwirix1126 yes
💵💵💵💵💰💰💰💰💰💵💵💵💰💰💰💵💰💰💵💰💵💵💵💵💰💰💵💵💰💰💵💵💰💵💵💵💵💵💰
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just came out to my mom. cant tell if she’s supportive or not, but oh well 😼😼
Good luck!
Wish ya luck
i hope everything went well though
I talked bout sexuality’s to my mother,she said “I recommend you don’t be lesbian or bi or whatever”
so I can’t come out to her 🥲
@@stanmvrshh1709 oh no!! Im so sorry...
7:39 Actually the backlas wasn't just for the fact there were LGBT characters, it was because they had nothing relating to the plot and all their personality was is be gay. As someone who is LGBT I honestly understand what they mean.
@Strawberry Orphan what a funny way to miss the point
@Strawberry Orphan I think he means that it's pandering, because the character is minor and has exaggerated gay stereotypes, and are gay for the sake of being gay
People can get quite angry at bad representation.
Yeah that trope is annoying. Representation works best eith real roles.
It's pretty annoying when representation of any kind is "it's your entire personally". It's a character trait not a character in of itself.
7:46
Although amazon and Netflix is a terrible example here
I'm a LGBTQ+ person and even I complain about this
It's not about if they have characters from our community it's how they're written..and the way netflix series write theirs is just... No, its pure Cishet twitter activist pandering
What about Kipo? It's a good show with good lgbt representation. The way characters are written depend on the writers, not the broadcasters.
The new Shera is pretty good except for maybe Entrapta. She is not good representation of autistic people. Autistic people wouldn't do what she did.
@@Morrigan855 Sam szymanski who was heavily involved with writing entrapta is on the spectrum...
@@Morrigan855 dude the person who who wrote her was on the autism spectrum not only that millions of autistic people have said that she is a good reputation go on any comment section On a video about her you'll see them
@@ezzyedits6942 Autistic people wouldn't betray their friends.
“Taste the Rainbow”
-Skittles
Best thing about skittles is they're gay all year round and not just for when it's pride month (aka money mongering month)
@@bruh-wg8hq the colors are usually just for appearance and identifying the flavor of the candies.
@@lapiswolf2780 i am aware of that
So are Eminem's
Litterally every company: *has a rainbow on june*
Skittles: “you guys are getting rainbows?”
Skittles: *laughs in superiority*
I brought all my pride merch from a small local shop this year. They arnt donating any money this year (they have in the past) because they are allready really struggling to make a profit thanks to covid, so I'm giving them a pass. They are always nice in their and most of thr staff are lgbtq+
Tell me the name of that shop, I would like to buy something from them
I think donating to LGBTQ is pointless since there's already big companies who's donating to them
@@unamedzube7xb297 The smaller stores around me normally donate to smaller local charity's who do need the help
If i own a business one day, and its like a clothes store, in June (pride month) i change the decorations and its not just the sexualities in the lgbtqia+ title, its ALLL of them lol
It's for profit.
Where I live supporting LGBT is legally mandatory. Rainbow logo or not. So companies will change their logo for profit. 100% of the time.
However we don't have a pride month, Instead there is usually always something somewhere all year round.
Where is this magical place you call your home?
@@yunamchill9169 Scotland.
@@kacywatson6314 Blessed be Scotland.
@@yunamchill9169 🏴 🦄 🏞️
Scotland legal system and society built on a patriarchal system. (Meaning that men are in power) yeah we have near-perfect gender equality. The only problems are now men and women want different things and it's difficult to satisfy everyone. Regardless of being built on a patriarchal system, we still have plenty of women in government and even a woman head of the government does as first minister. yet extreme left-wing feminism is considered to be sexist thus illegal.
Also racism is a hate crime here, regardless 98% of the population here is European white, and we are really pale.
Politically we are not republicans, not democrats.
"Make Scotland great again..." No! Scotland is already great!
We are the one asking question, what to do with the greatness we already have?
For others, we are the ones leading the world into prosperous forward-thinking future.
Companies during Pride Month: respect pride! everyone should be accepted! 🏳️🌈
Companies after Pride Month ends: Gay? what's that? what does it mean?
ᓵ𝙹ᒲ!¡ᔑリ╎ᒷᓭ ∴⍑ᒷリ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ╎ᒲ!¡𝙹ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ ᓭ⚍ᓭ: ᔑᒲ𝙹⊣⚍ᓭ
mans really said “*minecraft enchanting table*”
Gotta love the people who use standard galactic, I’m still learning to read it so I only know a few letters
My friend was in a youth drag show on Saturday!!
congrats to ur friend!!!
Woah thats so cool!!!
That’s awesome!! :D
What’s that?
Sounds cool :0
Wtf youth drag????
I saw this somewhere so it's not mine but it's exactly me
Me: I don't trust companies that have pride stuff out only in June, because it could be just for profit.
Also me if there isn't any pride merch: 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨
Most companies: * makes everything rainbow for pride *
Some guy that works for skittles: “oh my god guys I just got the best pride idea ever”
First finally! I'm such a big fan! You're such a good person and I want to say thank you.
Netflix and Amazon feel more like they’re shielding themselves by feigning support rather than actually being in genuine support
Gay characters still need to feel natural, because, to me, they’re just characters
Easy check - does the company have a rainbow profile pic on their Saudi Arabian or Russian twitter?
Damn I love Spencer’s like their clothes are cute af-
And also im going to hobby lobby soon so imma wear my trans suspenders that I got from Spencer’s 😍
r/madlads
Did you get hatecrimed at Hobby Lobby? 😬
I'm so mad they don't have Spencer's where I live. But once I go to one, Imma buy their entire store. And a Mountain Dew Red...😉
fuck, tell us how it went oh ibuki pfp
Yeah, I avoid Hobby Lobby like the plague, not just because they're anti-LGBTQ+, but also because they sued the US government to override the Affordable Care Act requirement to provide health insurance that covers birth control to their employees on the basis of their owners' religious beliefs, and they won, which now allows any private company to deny insurance coverage for things they disagree with to their employees on the basis of the owners' religious beliefs.
"How can you tell if its pride or pandering"
Literally 8 seconds later: "Show off your pride by giving me money."
There was an ad for Campbell’s soup with two dads and a son. A woman on twitter said “the advertisement makes me sick.” Campbell’s responded with…
“Hi! If you’re feeling sick, try some Campbell’s soup! Make sure to enjoy it hot, so it can warm up your cold, dead heart.”
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
stan campbell
happy pride!! remember you’re loved, and hella valid!!
Not all "sexualities" are valid ( animesexual, dreamsexual, maps )
I don't understand why you guys need validation
@@Poetic_Raven ive seen that yeah it’s so stupid ive seen “purplesexual”
@@Lee-fn3vf isnt purplesexual a joke lmao
@@Poetic_Raven Ik this comment is old but dreamsexuals do actually exist (you probably know that by now since this was like almost a year ago)
This is so helpful and I appreciate it dearly! Last week my mum took me out to buy a few things with my allowance and I dragged her into bath & body works. She was looking around and I found a spot with two types of candles covered in rainbow. The sign above said "pride" or something like that. I picked one up and it smelt like birthday cake so went to tell my mum. Since I'm still closeted, I prayed she didn't notice the promotion and she seemed to either not, or just didn't care. So I got my candle and I'm pretty sure b&bw support. I'll make sure to look into it though! And sorry about my dumb rant about a candle-
thats awesome my dude!! im sorry you're closeted though.. it will get better 😌
@@alexverdana2435 Thanks! I'm waiting to know my exact sexuality before I come out 😭
@@killmealready5530 cool!! i hope it goew well
@Plum! I didn't know they had shimmer mist- I got that other one because I wasn't a big fan of that one. Do you like it??
So far going through the comments,
Good companies: Discord, PetSmart, Hot Topic, Microsoft, Target, Netflix, Ben and Jerrys, Spencer's, Skittles, and a few more
Bad companies: Hobby Lobby, Chick-fil-A, Disney, and a few others
If ya want to correct me on something or add more to the list, please do so. I just want to make sure I can have this list for people who dont want to go through all the comments.
Bad companies should have Disney as well, they made the creator of gravity falls scrap out any lgbt characters
@@spacecore_2068 yeah, but i mean they’re starting to try, with The Owl House (Luz is bi and Amity is lesbian)
If my son ever came out as trans I wouldn’t support him
I would support HER🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Don't care bozo + ratio
If my friend came out as Non-Binary, I wouldn't support her...
I'd support *them*
@@SarahTheBreadGod didn't ask bozo 🤫
you had us in the first half
There's a crosswalk outside my local shopping mall, and for pride month someone spray painted it the ally flag. The flag has since been repainted twice, due to vandalism, and in brighter colours each time, and it's not just random kids doing it, it's actual people who work for the mall.
Small good ally story for you all
I really enjoyed this video, I've been going to the store and see a ton of pride items
Love your pfp :)
It’s that goth from boyfriends?!
@@wizardity5298 yas!!! (^v^)
i know its been a week since this was posted, but when i saw that Spencers was an LGBTQIA+ friendly company i was very happy because today i bought some pride shirts from one of there stores. don't know why I'm writing this, just happy.
I automatically assume a company is pandering.. but it’s nice when a company is genuine 🏳️🌈
To be honest I understand the need for pride merch and I love that people can wear things / have items that show how proud they are to be lgbtq, but consumerism is awful in general right now. I think that for the benefit of our planet we shouldn't at all be supporting big companies such as walmart or barnes and noble. For example, many locally owned corner stores and book stores are driven away by these massive companies. It is really dangerous if you look into it. Also, many products in these stores are not built to last and are throwaway items that will further pollute the already awfully neglected environment. This isn't meant to shame anyone who enjoys having pride themed things, I also enjoy it. But I think we need to be a lot more conscious of our decisions of where we buy things, how much plastic is on them, and what places we openly support. I understand not everyone has that luxury and that is okay. But we have to realize that these companies are against us no matter what because of the way our late stage capitalistic society functions. And change happens from the ground up. All of your little actions matter. Of course, avoiding buying anything is not only unrealistic but it is also not the full solution. One huge thing you can do is to speak up, join protests, vote, educate yourself on government, wealth distribution, pollution, lgbtq rights, racism and environmental racism. I'm again not saying this to discourage anyone from enjoying their lives. But we also should realize how imminent our problems are and that everyone can benefit if we look at things as connected issues. For example, women's rights has shown to improve economic and quality of life. Education of women is one of the largest factors in improving society because it results in less unplanned pregnancy, less poverty, less environmental degradation, etc. Just wanted to bring all of this up!
EDIT: Important also is to see where the item was made. Lots of products are made in sweatshops or by child workers overseas. Take this into account, buy ethically if you can! You shouldn't buy apple products if you can avoid it. Look into fairphone. Their motto is "the most sustainable cell phone is the one in your pocket." Don't buy something you don't need if it can be avoided. Still treat yourself well, but be wary and think of the people who mine cobalt for your phone. Look it up if you can!
I see your point but what about small businesses? or even companies that use most of the profits from their items that goes towards good causes including for the environment.But also businesses that are not discriminatory against their workers while giving them benefits.Again,I understand your point about the exploitation and unethical corporations under capitalism.But there are non corporate businesses that do care.
@@jenevievecrouch1145 that's really true! it's great when businesses are actually doing positive work. especially those smaller businesses, and with really small ones it is great to support them as they make a living separate from those large companies. good point to add thank you!
Bruh. Chick-fil-a.
the lgbt part of me makes happy noises, but the coder in me screams angrily at your apple products
I'm actually early! I'm a big fan and you're an awesome person!
indeed
I now have an urge to tell my homo-phobic but not disowng mother that she works for a gay supporting company
Disney is the biggest example of pandering
chick-fil-a: hold my beer
i haven't watched this video yet but i wanna talk about the fact that people think "love is love" is an okay term. because ped0philes, zooph1les, and etc will use that term and thus it gets the assumption that all lgbtq+ people are those kinds of people and i see so many stores having that have that term and it really pisses me off because it's not okay
love is love if you’re two consenting human adults, no “but”s or “and”s
@@blinkingwhiteguy2244 yeah but the tables are turned when it’s a minor and an adult
I live in North Carolina sadly- I didn't even know there were possible anti-LGBTQ+ laws
I swear some of these brands just stick a rainbow on everything they own for an extra profit.
talking about companies that are Pandering and than selling shirts with the flag to make money xD
The sad thing about all of this, is there are some companies that pass this test you've made, but the moment LGBTQIA stuff become less profitable they drop and flip. sadly sometimes pandering is super hard to know.
I live in the UK, and we’ve got a shop called Asda. Every pride month, they sell “pride skittles” which is kind of ironic, considering they’re just colourless skittles so you have to guess what flavour they are.
aw man I always loved going into spencer's because it's the few stores that you could physically walk into and feel like you're at home, as someone who never liked a lot of the normal stuff you see in stores, you get to see a wall of shirts from franchises that you like, and they stay with the times.
I guess something that bothers me about Netflix is in the past year, a comedy show was released and throughout the show, MULTIPLE transphobic and homophobic jokes were made. After that, some transgender employees protested, and they eventually fired the employee. I don't know if they apologized and rehired that employee or if they had a literal valid reason as to why they fired them, but I got rid of my subscription when that happened.
If it’s a company, it’s pandering. They don’t care about you, they care about their profit margins. No matter how much they seem like they are helping or how much their employees care, the companies don’t.
I just wanna say I was the 666th view.
love your name and pfp
Your profile pic and name are epic
Scary…
@@AshyFlashyy thx
@@dualipastan You’re welcome lol
I heard that in Africa, pride and LGBTQ is illegal but I will still support you
In some countries it's still banned unfortunately. It's up to the people to take a stand and demand change, by voting out the bigots.
We had a protest against the "Don't say gay" bill at my college and afterwards a bunch of us went to eat at the campus Chick-fil-A. The only thing more delicious than the Chick-fil-A sauce was the irony.
companies : we support LGBTQ+
LGBTQ+ : because you care about us
companies : smiling in a greedy way
LGBTQ+ : because you care about us right ?
I’m not LGBTQ+, but I do support it!
Thanks friend, we could always use an ally
thanks dear ally
@Blooperfox ???
pog!
@Blooperfox haha i cant read
NASA for example, doesn't even sell pride merch and doesn't squeeze the last cent from LGBT people neither do they turn their logo into rainbow colors. They support LGBT people without these typical marketing techniques like going to pride parades (like in San Francisco for example), you can download documents on their website where they stand for diversity in their workspaces and go by anti-discrimination rules to make a safe workplace for everyone and even post their support on Twitter every year. I own a lot of nasa merch and the money I spent there then goes to space which is something good to support for someone like me who's a big astronomy freak.
Love this, gonna test a handful of my local businesses. You are an awesome person, thank you ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 💗💗💜💙💙
I don’t feel comfortable sharing my age(10-13) but I’m omni and still scared to come out. I already told my friends and siblings but I have quite a bit of close family. Any suggestions?
This is from a closeted person btw i may not be very reliable
But i think you should try to find out if your family supports like for example : say out loud “woah did you know insert celebrity is insert sexuality?” See how they react
If they react good then come out in a few years
If they don’t come out when you’re stable and are able to be in a safe situation
Like i said I’m closeted so sorry about that and good luck :)
We have a coming out advice series on our channel. So if you click on the name of our channel and go to our Playlist tab, you’ll find a whole playlist of our episodes to help with coming out advice.
Safety over everything. If you don’t feel like you would be safe after you come out DONT COME OUT
@@sunbea4477 ugh i feel you
I think you'd better not. Just in case. Maybe come out when you're in your own house
Edit: Yes I came out to my own family, and made the mistake of doing it while I lived under their roof
Hear me out; maybe we should just eat where we want, buy what we want, and wear what we want regardless of what the people making the products political or religious beliefs are. If Hitler made the best burgers in the entire world, I would probably eat his burgers. Just like I eat at Chick-Fil-A because I like their chicken, and wear Nike because I like their shoes and clothes. I couldn’t care less about whatever beliefs they hold. That’s like saying, “I don’t want to drink water because it has more hydrogen than oxygen in it, it’s being oxygenist. Let’s boycott water!”
Sounds kinda silly doesn’t it?