By: Robert McCormick

Robert McCormick — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:17:41 +0000

OK! Soyou have named a very few, mostly tech organisations which have withdrawn their support for many GLBTIQA+ events which gives us and our Communities the chance to boycott them and close any accounts we may have with them. BIT and it is a Very Big BUT, you have not named any others. Why not? Think on this. Almost the entire Grocery Sector in Australia, and, indeed, around the world us controlled by a relatively small number of Multinational corporations such as the massive US Owned Mendelez which owns Oreos, Heinz, Watties, Cadbury Schweppes, Toblerone to mention but a few of their products. UK owned Unilever: Omo, Continental, Hellmans etc., Reckitt Benkisker: Mortein, Pine-o-clean etc.. Swiss owned Nestle owns Uncle Toby’s, Allens Sweets, Kit-Kat etc..
Have any of these giant corporations stopped supporting us? If they have then Please Name them so that we can Punish them by refusing to buy any or their products for as you said in your report they all love the super-strong Pink Dollar!
I our house we placed a boycott on US Owned from the day Trump began his anti-DEI campaign, it really hasn’tmade things harder we just buy other companies products.

By: E

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 06:05:12 +0000

Here, here! And well done on swearing. There are too many who seek to punish anger. The author is completely right. Corporations are behaving cowardly in the face of Trump. There are several examples in the US which have nothing to do with queer rights. She also touches on a topic which we should all give more thought to: the participation of parties, corporations and government agencies in Pride events. I recently went to Midsumma Carnival in Melbourne. First time in many years. I had to ward off a panic attack when I walked past various marquees: the Liberal party; Labor party; the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman; IBAC (the anti-corruption commission); and others. I’ve had dealings with all these agencies and more. They simply dismiss and gaslight. They are corrupt. The political parties mentioned have a shameful record on queer rights; and yes, that includes Labor, state and federal. As for corporations, I don’t want to see them there. Pride events are not a LinkedIn conference. Queer people are individual human beings. We are not simply ‘employees’. Our queerness is inherent, and not at the good grace of employers. We have what we have thanks to ourselves - not to business or government. Get the major parties, government agencies, and corporations out of Pride events! Community groups only.

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