crissle:

norsegays:

astrolope:

People being angry about ~dem gays~ on Target&rsquo;s Facebook.


I just want to give my two cents on this and tell you a story.

A couple weeks ago, I was hired at Target. I have a job at Target. Not a big deal right?

It is a big deal because i&rsquo;m a transman. 

It doesn&rsquo;t take a genius to conclude that it&rsquo;s hard for me, my brothers, and sisters to get a job. There are legal restraints regarding the job and if you don&rsquo;t pass, it&rsquo;s hard to be taken seriously at a job interview.

Right on the application, it asks what your preferred name is. It also asks if there is anything that target should know. I put the fact that I am a transman, expecting not to get a call because usually when you put that down, people will throw out the application. I got TWO interviews.

At the interview, they asked me about it. I told them I am on hormones and they told me that they didn&rsquo;t care. Not in the sense that they don&rsquo;t emotionally care, but that it didn&rsquo;t matter. I was male and that&rsquo;s all that mattered. They also told me that they give sex same couples benefits in states that do not recognize them as a married couple.

At my job orientation, I was not misgendered once. Even my supervisors who weren&rsquo;t sure of my gender avoided pronoun use, which I found only happens when you&rsquo;ve had pronoun training. They gave me a name tag with my preferred name and didn&rsquo;t ask questions. I felt safe and respected, which is huge for a trans* person.

TLDR: Target is amazing not just for the LGB, but also the T. Shop there for the rest of your life.


This kind of thing is why I never feel too bad when I walk into Target intending to get conditioner and end up spending hundreds. 

Reason #6,363,647,383 why Target &raquo;&raquo;&raquo;&raquo; Walmart all day, everyday for me. I&rsquo;m all in for a corporation that treats their employees with the respect we ALL deserve regardless of our differences.