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   FIRST ON FOX — Some southern Target stores were forced by the corporation   
   to move LGBTQ Pride merchandise away from the front of their locations   
   after customer "outrage" to avoid a "Bud Light situation."   
      
   Many Target locations across the country feature massive June Pride month   
   displays on an annual basis, with items this year ranging from "tuck   
   friendly" bathing suits for transgender people to mugs that say "gender   
   fluid." But the retail juggernaut has been criticized by some   
   conservatives for the displays, with children’s items particularly irking   
   many customers.   
      
   A Target insider told Fox News Digital that many locations, mostly in   
   rural areas of the South, have relocated Pride sections to avoid the kind   
   of backlash Bud Light has received in recent weeks after using a   
   transgender influencer in a promotional campaign.   
      
   A Target insider said there were "emergency" calls on Friday and that some   
   managers and district senior directors were told to tamp down the Pride   
   sections immediately.   
      
   "We were given 36 hours, told to take all of our Pride stuff, the entire   
   section, and move it into a section that’s a third the size. From the   
   front of the store to the back of the store, you can’t have anything on   
   mannequins and no large signage," the Target insider said.   
      
   "We call our customers ‘guests,’ there is outrage on their part. This   
   year, it is just exponentially more than any other year," the Target   
   insider continued. "I think given the current situation with Bud Light,   
   the company is terrified of a Bud Light situation."   
      
   The insider, who has worked at the retailer for almost two decades, said   
   Target rarely makes such hasty decisions. They said Friday’s call began   
   with roughly 10 minutes on "how to deal with team member safety" because   
   of the amount of backlash the Pride merchandise has generated, noting that   
   Target Asset Protect & Corporate Security teams were present on the call.   
      
   "The call was super quick, it was 15 minutes. The first 10 minutes was   
   about how to keep your team safe and not having to advocate for Target.   
   The last five was, ‘Move this to the back, take down the mannequins and   
   remove the signage,’" the insider said, noting that bathing suits have   
   replaced Pride merchandise in front-of-store displays despite Pride month   
   not even starting until June 1.   
      
   "It’s all under the guise of trying to increase swim sales," the insider   
   said. "Everyone was like, ‘Thank God,’ because we’re all on the front   
   lines dealing with it."   
      
   A Target spokesperson said the changes were made due to "volatile   
   circumstances."   
      
   "For more than a decade, Target has offered an assortment of products   
   aimed at celebrating Pride Month," the spokesperson told Fox News Digital.   
   "Since introducing this year’s collection, we've experienced threats   
   impacting our team members’ sense of safety and wellbeing while at work.   
   Given these volatile circumstances, we are making adjustments to our   
   plans, including removing items that have been at the center of the most   
   significant confrontational behavior. Our focus now is on moving forward   
   with our continuing commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community and standing with   
   them as we celebrate Pride Month and throughout the year."   
      
   Fox News Digital has confirmed rural Target stores in South Carolina,   
   Arkansas and Georgia are among the locations to move the Pride sections.   
   Most rank-and-file employees were left in the dark, with many not knowing   
   the Pride sections would be moved until they noticed it themselves.   
      
   Pride merchandise remains prominently displayed at other locations and on   
   the Target website.   
      
   Target Pride merchandise includes female-style swimsuits that can be used   
   to "tuck" male genitalia. Some products are also labeled as "Thoughtfully   
   fit on multiple body types and gender expressions."   
      
   Pride merchandise also includes onesies and rompers for newborn babies, a   
   variety of adult clothing with slogans such as "Super Queer," party   
   supplies, home decor, multiple books and a "Grow At Your Own Pace" saucer   
   planter.   
      
   Bud Light sales have plummeted since backlash to the partnership with   
   transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney has continued to haunt the company   
   more than a month since it came to light. The issue began when Mulvaney   
   publicized that the beer company sent packs of Bud Light featuring the   
   influencer’s face as a way to celebrate a full year of "girlhood."   
   Mulvaney is one of many social media influencers Bud Light has tapped to   
   promote the brand.   
      
   Mulvaney said the cans were her "most prized possession" on Instagram with   
   a post that featured "#budlightpartner." A video then featured Mulvaney in   
   a bathtub drinking a Bud Light beer as part of the campaign. Some   
   consumers mistakenly thought the cans with Mulvaney's face were being sold   
   to the public.   
      
   "Bud Light learned an important lesson about wading into the culture wars   
   recently. But partnering with Dylan Mulvaney is nothing compared to what   
   Target is doing," conservative pundit and author Bethany Mandel tweeted.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/media/target-holds-emergency-meeting-lgbtq-pride-   
   merchandise-stores-avoid-bud-light-situation   
      
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