The GoFundMe campaign for a San Diego-area Starbucks employee who asked a ‘Karen’ to wear a face mask has now surpassed more than $99,000. And the crunchy ‘Karen’ now wants half of…
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News Round-Up: March 25, 2020
Some news items you might have missed: • InstaHunks: Woofy Dan Tai (above) asks, “So, you ever just have those days when you’re super productive? It was one of them! How was…
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A Trans Teen Hears His Name Called At Starbucks
A new ad captures the quiet triumph of a transgender teen hearing his name being called as he picks up his coffee at Starbucks. The spot, part of the “What’s your name?”…
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News Round-Up: July 6, 2018
(image via Instagram) Some news stories you might have missed: • InstaHunk Alex Abramov says, “The category is: Live. Work. Pose.” • The New York Yankees are the only Major League Baseball…
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Starbucks Expands Transgender Employees’ Healthcare Coverage
(image via Flickr/Yukiko Matsuoka) Since 2012, employee healthcare plans for coffee company Starbucks has covered gender reassignment surgery for its transgender employees. But now, the coffee giant has announced expanded coverage for…
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News Round-Up: May 13, 2018
Some news stories you might have missed: • TRR InstaHunk fave, David Faulón (above), celebrated his birthday in his (almost) birthday suit! • A mother who is “against people being gay” wrote…
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Starbucks To Close 8,000 Stores For “Racial-Bias Education”
The CEO of Starbucks announced today that all 8,000 stores in the company will close on May 29 to conduct “racial-bias education” seminars for its employees. Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) today…
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More @Starbucks Issues: Bathroom Inequality In Action
(Image via screen cap) More racial issues for Starbucks today as another black Starbucks customer was denied use of a bathroom before he made his purchase. Brandon Ward requested to use the…
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Starbucks Apologizes After Two Black Men Arrested/Released With No Charges Filed
Six police officers arrest two men at a Philadelphia Starbucks for asking to use the restroom The arrest of two black men in a Philadelphia Starbucks has gained national attention as cellphone…
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Same-Sex Couple Gets Cozy In The Cold In New Starbucks Campaign
This year’s holiday campaign from Starbucks is all about inclusivity. And that’s why in the launch video below, titled “Giving Good Starts with You,” you’ll see a mixed-race couple holding hands, a…
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Major Companies Urge SCOTUS To Take Up LGBT Workplace Discrimination Case
Major American corporations have signed on to an amicus brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the high court to rule that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964…
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If Starbucks Put Bible Quotes On Holiday Cups
And yes, that really is Ezekiel 23:20…
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Starbucks Sued For “Too Much Ice” In Iced Drinks
Seriously. According to the $5 million dollar lawsuit, filed by Chicago resident Stacy Pincus, Starbucks’ Venti 24 ounce iced drinks often only contain 14 ounces of actual beverage and the rest is…
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Starbucks Joins Seattle Police Department’s Safe Place Program
Starbucks demonstrates yet again why the coffee retailer is a great LGBT ally. Earlier this year, Jim Ritter – LGBTQ liaison officer for the Seattle Police Department – launched the Seattle Police…
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Ellen Takes On The Faux “Starbucks Red Cup” Scandal
Ellen shows how silly the current “outrage” is over the announcement that Starbucks’ holiday cup will be solid red. No decorations of any kind. Or as she says, no “snowflakes, Santa’s sleigh…
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“Starbucks Hates Christmas” Guy Crashes And Burns On CNN
A crazy dude named Josh Feuerstein was invited onto CNN after his weekend, online rant about Starbucks waging a “war on Christmas” because they decided to go with a solid red cup…