Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 10 December 2012
Tags: american apparel, give away, 10, 000, legalize gay, t shirts, paris, france, marriage equality, same sex, retail 
In support of marriage equality's chances in France, American Apparel has decided to give away 10,000 of its popular Legalize Gay t-shirts in stores as well as on the streets of Paris. Details follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Tags: target, new, launch, retail, fashion, clothing, pride, line, t-shirts, controversy, family equality council, minnesota, lgbt, gay, community, support, boycott, tom emmer
Target is really aiming (hardy har) to get on our good side these days!
Though higher ups at the bulls-eye insist the new line of Pride t-shirts has zilch to do with that massive 2010 donation to anti-gay politico Tom Emmer, with 100 percent of sales going to the Family Equality Council, would criticizing the retailer nowadays just be splitting hairs? (Details follow.)
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 04 May 2012
Tags: gap, cute, gay, ad, los angeles, be bright, one, california, clothing, retail
A new and adorable GAP billboard hoisted up over Los Angeles has elicited a chorus of "awwws" from our typically bitter vocal chords.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 03 May 2012
Tags: one million moms, jc penney, boycott, part 2, lesbians, catalog, couple, homophobia, dbags, retail, ellen
Having been publicly humiliated as it lost its first battle against JC Penney, the masochistic One Million Moms is returning to the site of the crime in a new attempt to protest the LGBT-friendly retailer. Though the hundred or so moms' second declaration of war against JC Penney again includes lesbians, this time around its a perfectly healthy and happy seeming "couple" that graces the pages of a new catalog that has OMM putting up its fists.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 12 April 2012
Tags: wal mart, studies, research, penn state, economists, hate groups, relationship, areas, anti gay, retail
A new study from Penn State economists draws a relationship between a region's number of Wal-Marts and its number of hate groups. Details follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 08 March 2012
Tags: CGIL, milan, abercrombie, fitch, a & f, retail, daily telegraph, corriere della sera
Ever wonder how the chest of that Abercrombie greeter bulges to the point of knocking us over as we try to make our way through the overwhelming clouds of Fierce cologne? Perhaps it’s natural. Or perhaps it’s the push-up per mistake regiment that we’ve recently discovered! Find out more after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 02 November 2011
Tags: apple, store, retail, technology, ios, purchase, holiday season, lines, geek, gadgets, apps
Apple is about to change the name of the game once again. This time focusing on function not design, which could help reduce the amount of mental breakdowns this holiday season. Details after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Tags: west hollywood, los angeles, california, fur, clothing, ban, law, controversy, culture, retail, fashion
Not to worry, bear-loving WeHo gays—the just-announced decision only applies to the sale of fur clothing (not the non-twink meat market that takes place in the city's fringes). Let your friends know your plans to head to Faultline are still in tact and follow the jump for more details on the new controversial law that's about to hit West Hollywood's books.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 23 June 2011
Tags: target, it gets better, boycott, controversy, gay, anti-gay, retailer, video, team members, lgbt, what's your instinct
Target, through its LGBT team members (who are surely aware of the gnarly anti-gay controversy still raging around the bullseye), has released an "It Gets Better" video. Watch and react, after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Tags: masterbeat, gay music, retailer, online, dance, out of business, perfect beat, pop, internet, business news
Updated Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. EST
We stand corrected. The notice that is posted on the Masterbeat website (as seen in screen capture here) is not entirely accurate. According to Brett Henrichsen, "Masterbeat will cease operations of the music download site, but Masterbeat still exists, including our events and new projects…"
This includes their annual NYE bash they hold in Los Angeles every year—so, rest assured, the party is still on, folks.
Follow the jump for an exclusive statement Instinct has received from Masterbeat about the shuttering of Masterbeat.com...
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Tags: old navy, supar tool, controversy, gender, stereotypes, retail, dress like a guy, what's your instinct, gay, fashion, clothing, men
"Supar Tool," a new multi-media marketing campaign from Old Navy, dusts off decades-old gender stereotypes to point blankly state that real men don't care about fashion. The metrosexual-resistance implied by its "Dress like a guy" tagline might have taken a few years to form, but reactions from some in the LGBT community to the new campaign were immediate. Details follow.
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