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Post by M. Hawbaker on May 23, 2022 15:28:06 GMT
State Farm, the household name insurance company, has launched a program that would enlist hundreds of staff volunteers across the country to distribute LGBTQ-themed books to teachers, community centers, and libraries, explicitly targeting children as young as kindergartners. In collaboration with the GenderCool Project, State Farm aims to “help diversify classroom, community center and library bookshelves with a collection of books to help bring clarity and understanding to the national conversation about Being Transgender, Inclusive and Non-Binary,” an employee whistleblower email obtained by Consumers’ Research, dated January 18, 2022, reveals. “The project’s goal is to increase representation of LGBTQ+ books and support out communities in having challenging, important and empowering conversations with children Age 5+,” the email from Jose Soto, State Farm’s Corporate Responsibility Analyst, to all Florida agents reads. www.yahoo.com/news/state-farm-launches-program-distribute-140507899.html |
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Post by M. Hawbaker on May 23, 2022 15:28:28 GMT
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Post by barb43 on May 24, 2022 3:30:16 GMT
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Post by M. Hawbaker on May 24, 2022 10:55:11 GMT
State Farm Abandons LGBTQ Children’s-Book Program after Whistleblower Email LeakState Farm, the household-name insurance company, has abandoned its program to distribute LGBTQ-themed books to teachers, community centers, and libraries, explicitly targeting children as young as kindergartners, after a media exposé based on a whistleblower email caught the company by surprise on Monday. In an email to all State Farm agents and staff members sent just hours after multiple news outlets revealed the book initiative, Victor Terry, chief diversity officer and vice president of public affairs, announced the cancellation of its collaboration with GenderCool, an organization that promotes LGBTQ teaching via speaking events, mentorship programs, DEI/HR consulting, and advising for parents of transgender children. “State Farm’s support of a philanthropic program, GenderCool, has been the subject of news and customer inquiries. This program that included books about gender identity was intended to promote inclusivity,” the email, obtained by Libs of TikTok, read. “We will no longer support that program. www.yahoo.com/news/state-farm-abandons-lgbtq-children-022539546.html
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Post by barb43 on May 24, 2022 13:10:24 GMT
State Farm Abandons LGBTQ Children’s-Book Program after Whistleblower Email Leak“State Farm’s support of a philanthropic program, GenderCool, has been the subject of news and customer inquiries. This program that included books about gender identity was intended to promote inclusivity,” the email, obtained by Libs of TikTok, read. “We will no longer support that program.  It doesn't look like there's any corporate 'change of heart'. State Farm was caught with their corporate hand in the cookie jar, so they're doing damage control by pulling back from the "philanthropic" program.  Well, they've outted themselves and many won't forget. You know, 3 years from now, someone may not remember exactly what State Farm was doing, but it will be remembered this way: ... this is a group of friends having breakfast (like we used to be a part of) Friend 1: "wasn't there an insurance company pushing trans stuff in the schools awhile back? which company was that?" Friend 2: "I think it was State Farm. There's been so much of that stuff, it's hard to keep straight 'who' did 'what'." Friend 3: "yeh, they were doing something that pushed LGBTQ stuff on little kids, y'know, 4 and 5 year olds, for crying out loud." The details may not be fully remembered, but the end result will be disgust. |
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Post by M. Hawbaker on May 24, 2022 14:38:00 GMT
I could be wrong, but as quick as they dropped this program, I suspect that they had a lot of clients either dropping or threatening to drop their policies after this story was reported yesterday.
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Post by barb43 on May 27, 2022 5:07:42 GMT
This 'edited' logo came attached to an email story about State Farm's support for LGBTQ+ Bet you can't read it without hearing it sung in your head, eh?   |
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Post by M. Hawbaker on May 27, 2022 10:28:48 GMT
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Post by M. Hawbaker on May 28, 2022 16:10:30 GMT
I saw on the news this morning that various LGBT groups are calling for a boycott of State Farm for dropping out of this program.
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Post by barb43 on May 28, 2022 16:14:07 GMT
I saw on the news this morning that various LGBT groups are calling for a boycott of State Farm for dropping out of this program.  State Farm agents should start looking for new jobs immediately, if they weren't already.  |
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It doesn't look like there's any corporate 'change of heart'. State Farm was caught with their corporate hand in the cookie jar, so they're doing damage control by pulling back from the "philanthropic" program. 
