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# Anti-Pride backlash won't stop these Kentucky businesses from celebrating it. Here's why
The article is about how some #Kentucky #businesses are #supporting #PrideMonth and the #LGBTQ+ #community, despite facing some #antiLGBTQ #backlash from #customers or online. The article features three businesses: #RacingLouisvilleFC, a #professional #women's #soccer team that sells #Pride #merchandise; #KentuckyForKentucky, a #souvenir #shop based in #Lexington that sells Pride merchandise and has a #majority #LGBTQstaff; and #SisGotTea, a #tea #shop owned by a #Black #queer #woman who #hosts #events for LGBTQ+ #PeopleOfColor. The article reports on the #positive #feedback and sales that these businesses have #received, as well as the #challenges and #threats they have faced in a #conservative #state. The article also mentions some of the #antiLGBTQ #legislation that has been passed or proposed in Kentucky, such as a #ban on #transgender #youth from getting #GenderAffirming #care.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2023/06/26/kentucky-businesses-wont-stop-supporting-pride-month-louisville-fc/70342150007/