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Target famously sold women\u2019s style swimsuits with ‘tuck-friendly construction’ to hide male genitalia<\/h2>\n
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Target isn\u2019t waiting until Pride month in June to unveil\u00a0new LGTBQ merchandise<\/a>\u00a0and has an assortment of Christmas-themed products available for the holiday season.<\/p>\n

Target\u2019s website lists a “Pride Christmas Nutcracker Figure,” and a “Fabrich\u00e9 Pride Santa” where Saint Nicholas is holding the rainbow flag symbol of the LGBTQ community. The big box retailer has the items for sale on its website despite widespread backlash to Pride merchandise earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Target has featured substantial June Pride month displays on an annual basis, but this year\u2019s merchandise caused problems before the celebration of LGBTQ even began when women\u2019s style swimsuits that advertise “tuck-friendly construction” to hide male genitalia went viral in May.<\/p>\n

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Target\u2019s website is selling a “Pride Christmas Nutcracker Figure” on the heels of backlash from June\u2019s Pride display.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Target\u2019s website is selling a “Fabrich\u00e9 Pride Santa.”\u00a0\u00a0(Target\/Screengrab)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The “tuck” bathing suits were placed in colorful Pride sections, often at the front of the store, surrounded by other items, many of which were for children.<\/p>\n

Target also carried mugs that said “gender fluid,” onesies and rompers for newborn babies, a variety of adult clothing with slogans such as “Super Queer,” party supplies, home decor, multiple books, a “Grow At Your Own Pace” saucer planter and other items.<\/p>\n

After outrage erupted in some pockets of the right, some stores moved the LGBTQ Pride merchandise away from the front of their locations while other items were pulled altogether. The company has maintained that changes were\u00a0made because of safety concerns<\/a>\u00a0for employees.<\/p>\n

At the time, a Target insider told\u00a0Fox News Digital<\/a>\u00a0that the\u00a0retail juggernaut was taking steps\u00a0to avoid a “Bud Light situation.”<\/p>\n

Target saw its stock drop during the controversy.<\/p>\n

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Conservatives blasted Target for selling Pride swimsuits boasting “tuck-friendly construction” and “extra crotch coverage,” presumably to accommodate male genitalia, even if they are made in an otherwise female style. (Brian Flood\/Fox News \/ Fox News)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Target CEO Brian Cornell recently appeared on CNBC to discuss declining sales, particularly following protests and critiques of its Pride merchandise.<\/p>\n

During the interview, host Becky Quick told Cornell that people felt there were “transgender bathing suits that are being targeted and market to kids” and that Target worked with a designer who was a “devil worshiper.”<\/p>\n

Cornell responded, “You and I both know, those weren\u2019t true,” prompting Consumers’ Research executive director\u00a0Will Hild to accuse him of lying.<\/p>\n

“He just flat out lies about what Target did,” Hild told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

Target worked with the U.K.-based brand Abprallen for Pride Month. The brand has displayed merchandise with messages such as “Satan respects pronouns,” and the designer, Erik Carnell, has\u00a0espoused Satanic beliefs.<\/a>\u00a0As for the women\u2019s style swimsuits that advertise “tuck-friendly construction,” they did not come in children\u2019s sizes but some conservatives objected to them being displayed next to items for children.<\/p>\n

Target did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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