Starbucks: Are workers victims of homophobia?

• Employees reported the incident.
• They condemn what happened.
• The company denied the accusations.

Starbucks: Are workers victims of homophobia? The company’s Workers’ Union denounced what happened.

EFE announced that Starbucks employees denounced that they were prohibited from decorating LGTBI in various locations in the country.

The workers allege that they were prohibited from decorating in accordance with Gay Pride month, which was celebrated in June.

Starbucks denied the accusations made by its employees, according to a report by the EFE news agency.

Accusations on Twitter

The accusations of a homophobic nature against Starbucks were released on the Twitter platform.

«In the midst of Pride Month, Starbucks has banned Pride decorations in stores across the United States.»

It was the message of the Starbucks Workers United union in a post on its official Twitter account.

In the United States it is very common for large companies to decorate their establishments for Gay Pride.

Starbucks denied the allegations

The chain’s spokesman, Andrew Trull, quoted by the NBC channel insisted that Starbucks supports the LGTBI community.

In a statement, Trull stressed that «no policy has been changed in this regard», for which he denied the accusations.

«We continue to encourage our store managers to celebrate this event with their communities,» he said.

Trull extended the invitation to all Starbucks employees to celebrate big dates for the diverse gender community.

Workers uphold the complaint

The Starbucks union has released a dozen messages on social networks denouncing what happened.

The workers maintain the absence of LGTBI decoration in various company establishments around the country.

In a video shared on networks, a worker assures that she was prohibited from decorating because she considered it «unsafe.»

Said worker denounced what happened with a video in which she wore a T-shirt with the logo of the workers’ union.

Company branded as homophobic

Starbucks joins the list of massive companies like Target that have been accused of promoting homophobia.

Last May, Target withdrew part of its products intended to celebrate the month dedicated to the LGTBI community.

A Target statement said they withdrew the products due to threats from «some of their customers.»

«Since the introduction of the products, we have experienced threats that have affected the feeling of security,» Target said.