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Anheuser-Busch, the multinational conglomerate which owns Bud Light, was removed from a prominent LGBTQ organization’s equity index because the firm missed a “key moment” to support self-described transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
Bud Light provoked controversy after the brand nodded toward the social media star, and executives have since made lackluster attempts to ease tensions with conservatives, such as downplaying the partnership and hiring veteran Republican lobbyists to win back conservatives.
The attempts nevertheless induced the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ political organization, to remove the firm’s perfect score on the Corporate Equality Index, which the group describes as the “national benchmarking tool on corporate policies, practices and benefits pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees.” Eric Bloem, senior director of programs and corporate advocacy at the Human Rights Campaign, informed executives at Anheuser-Busch in a letter first obtained by USA Today that the firm has 90 days to respond before the company’s score is docked. Continue reading…
