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Lady Gaga called on AZ audience to protest

logointern1 — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:00:46 +0000

While many musicians are boycotting Arizona since the state passed its “racial profiling bill,” Lady Gaga performed in Phoenix as part of her Monster Ball tour on Saturday.

On stage though,(...)

Neff: Buying (or not) = gay power

logointern1 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:00:22 +0000

A new market analysis puts the annual buying power of U.S. LGBT adults at $743 billion.

That’s down a bit from recent years due to the fact we’ve suffered a recession – but still, $743(...)

Ruby-Sachs: HRC Gives Us Ten Worst Companies for LGBT Employees

ERubySachs — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:19:04 +0000

The HRC runs a yearly assessment of over three hundred companies that employ over nine million people. It looks at the company’s policies regarding LGBT employees and determines those places(...)

Prop 8 hotel boycott to continue despite overture to gays

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:48:53 +0000

(San Diego, California) California LGBT activists are rebuffing a bid by San Diego developer Doug Manchester to end a boycott of two of his hotels in San Diego over his support for Proposition(...)

Jamaican gays warn against US boycott

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:23:08 +0000

(Kingston) Jamaica’s largest LGBT civil rights group is asking American gays to reject a boycott of Jamaica and Jamaican products.

US rights group TruthWinsOut, founded by 365gay columnist Wayne(...)

Lowenstein: #Amazonfail should remind us of our economic power

Jenna Lowenstein — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:04:40 +0000

It’s something of a coincidence that I spent much of my holiday weekend reading The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk. I picked up Dan Shilts’ definitive biography of(...)

Ruby-Sachs: Prop 8 Boycotts

ERubySachs — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:49:42 +0000

I have pointed out before the ridiculous fact that the orchestrators of serious boycotts ( think Pepsi) are complaining that boycott threats justify eliminating fundamental public disclosure(...)

Anti-gay group calls for Pepsi boycott

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:48:25 +0000

(New York City) The conservative social action group American Family Association has made Pepsi Cola the latest target in its ongoing boycotts of what it calls “pro-homosexual” companies.

The(...)

Ruby-Sachs: Prop 8 Donors Scared of Boycotts?

ERubySachs — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:05:36 +0000

I am amazed by a story run by the AP today in which supporters of Proposition 8 are asking for court relief from campaign finance laws. One complaint is that business who employ people who(...)

Did you call in gay? Tell us your story!

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:11:16 +0000

We here at 365gay are curious about whether our readers participated in the boycott today – either the work part or the economic part. Did you call in gay? Did you refuse to spend money? Tell us what you did – or didn’t do – and why.