1. 25 major companies that sponsor Pride parades, and turn their Twitter avatars into rainbows and present themselves as champions of LGBTQ rights have donated more than $10 million to anti-gay politicians in the last two years
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2. We looked at the contributions from corporations that tout their commitment to LGBTQ rights to:
Members of Congress with a ZERO rating from @HRC
Sponsors of anti-trans legislation in AR, TN, NC, TX, and FL
The results were not pretty
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3. @CVSHealth, for example, has turned their Twitter avatar into a rainbow heart
It also donated 4K to two sponsors of a TX bill to change the state’s child abuse law to make it a crime for parents to allow kids to receive gender-affirming medical care
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4. In North Carolina, @CVSHealth donated 1K to Senator Ralph Hise (R), the primary sponsor of S514, which The Advocate called "the most repressive anti-transgender health care bill in the nation."
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5. Since 2019, CVS Health has also donated $259,000 to 54 members of Congress who received a zero rating in @HRC's Congressional scorecard for the 116th Congress
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6. What's remarkable is that @CVSHealth also has a 100% score in @HRC's Corporate Equality Index
The index excludes political donations, enabling corporations to craft a pro-LGBTQ image while bankrolling politicians that are undermining LGBTQ rights
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8. @Comcast has been adorning its social media posts with rainbows. One tweet says: "Pride is the love we share. And with Xfinity, it’s Pride all year."
But @Comcast has donated more than $1.1 million to anti-LGBTQ politicians since 2019
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9. @Comcast donated more than $30,000 to the sponsors of anti-trans legislation introduced this year in Florida & Texas
That includes 2K to @VoteRandyFine who has targeted the trans community for years and is quoted in the media misgendering trans people
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10. "We can #TURNUPTHELOVE for LGBTQ+ youth together," @ATT tweeted on June 5.
@ATT has donated more than $63,000 to state lawmakers sponsoring legislation this year that targets LGBTQ youth
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11. @ATT also donated about $1.1 million since 2019 to members of Congress that received a ZERO on @HRC's Congressional scorecard.
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12. Here is the full list of 25 companies that drape themselves and rainbows but have donated money to anti-LGBTQ members of Congress and, in many cases, state legislators pushing anti-trans legislation
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