![]() “I hope that none of Target’s retail employees are the victims of further threats and that none of them come to any harm,” he wrote.īacklash on social media was mainly targeted at Abprallen products that were not sold at Target, some of which contain images of pentagrams and horned ram skulls that some people associate with Satan worship. London-based Carnell, a gay trans man, said on Instagram that he did not know if Target would begin selling the items again and that he would know more over the coming days. Screenshots and posts on social media show that Target previously sold three Abprallen items: a $25 slogan sweater with the words “cure transphobia not trans people,” an $18 “too queer for here” tote bag, and a “we belong everywhere” fanny pack. Target to remove some LGBTQ merchandise after facing customer backlash Abprallen/InstagramĪbprallen, which means “ricochet” in German, is Carnell’s favorite word. Abprallen/Instagram “Too queer for here” tote bag that was pulled by Target. “Your support during this extremely difficult time means more than I can express,” Carnell wrote on the brand’s Etsy page, which advertises “Accessories for the loud, proud, and colorful.” “Your support during this extremely difficult time means more than I can express,” Erik Carnell wrote on the brand’s Etsy page. In messages on the website and Etsy store for Abprallen, Carnell said the volume of orders was such that he had to temporarily stop taking new orders. ![]() Target said this year’s Pride collection led to an increase in confrontations between customers and employees and incidents of Pride merchandise being thrown on the floor. Target’s Pride collection included more than 2,000 products from clothes and music to home furnishings, and while several are under review the only ones removed so far from its website and stores are from Carnell’s brand Abprallen. Transgender designer Erik Carnell has seen a surge in demand for his pins, prints, stickers and T-shirts after retailer Target pulled his products amid a backlash by some customers to its Pride collection, he said on Thursday. Starbucks denies it banned in-store Pride decorations halfway into Pride Month Topless influencer banned from White House accuses companies of ‘caving to bullies’ after Bud Light, Target backlash NY AG Letitia James slams Target’s move to pull Pride merchandise Investor Kevin O’Leary dismisses colleague Mark Cuban’s claim ‘woke’ is ‘good business’
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