If you’re also long-time Target shopper who supports LGBT equal rights, this is an eye-opener:

Real America: Target Doesn’t Support Gay Equality Because It Never Did (UPDATE: Yes, Target and Prop 8, Maybe) . . . → Read More: Target says one thing but in reality does the opposite]]> I had no idea until this exploded that Target has a long history of saying one thing while doing the opposite.

If you’re also long-time Target shopper who supports LGBT equal rights, this is an eye-opener:

Real America: Target Doesn’t Support Gay Equality Because It Never Did (UPDATE: Yes, Target and Prop 8, Maybe) – The Awl

A few disturbing bits (supporting research and facts in the article itself):

The truth is not that Target and its leadership have suddenly turned on their commitment to gay rights. It’s more that it never really existed to begin with. Further research shows that Target has funneled significant funding to the most socially conservative of Republicans and that it boasts a frightening culture of anti-gay candidate support from Target’s own stable of top executives.

Target’s official PAC, and every single one of its executives leaders except one, have given healthily to a PAC that overwhelmingly supports anti-gay candidates, many who do not even represent Minnesota.

The contradictions are at their worst when Target and its executive leadership laud the company’s “Domestic Partner Benefits” while at the same time lopsidedly supporting lawmakers like Pawlenty and Burr, who would deny every gay American such domestic partner benefits as adoption and after-life remains decisions.

many of the candidates Target and its leadership have supported are working hard to block the post-Citizens United Disclosure Act, without which Target’s future political influence will be even more difficult to track.

I’m no longer waiting for my apology as a (now) former Target shopper. (The limp internal apology on company letterhead didn’t cut it.)

It’s not what we say, it’s what we do or don’t do that counts. Let’s not support hate and discrimination with our shopping dollars.

Thanks to @TheWomensMuseum for tweeting . . . → Read More: Photojournalism: Beautiful AND Meaningful]]> I’m in constant awe of the ability some have to intuitively “see” the moment and capture it. Young photojournalist Yana Paskova talks about her experience on the recent, historic campaign trail:

Thanks to @TheWomensMuseum for tweeting this!