State Attorneys General Pressure Target to Keep Pride Merchandise in Stores

Attorneys general from 14 states and the District of Columbia have written to the CEO of Target voicing support for its LGBT Pride merchandise and warning that some actions against Target or its employees can have legal consequences. They deplored “intimidation of Target staff” and “destruction of certain Pride-related merchandise” at Target stores. Target has sold adult women’s-style swimwear intended to help transgender-identifying men conceal their genitals. Target removed Pride offerings from some stores, including “items that have been at the center of the most significant confrontational behavior,” it said in a May 24 statement.