New York CNN —Target on Wednesday said it was removing some products that celebrate Pride Month after the company and its employes became the focus of a “volatile” anti-LGBTQ campaign.
Target said it removed from shelves “items that have been at the center of the most significant confrontational behavior.”For a decade, Target has celebrated Pride Month in and around June.
“Pride Month at Target is a time of affirmation and solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community,” the company says on its website.
Some people have thrown Pride items on the floor, Target spokesperson Kayla Castaneda told Reuters.
The products Target is withdrawing are being removed from all its US stores and from its website, Castaneda told Reuters.
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