A gay couple in Florida claim a Target employee and manager told them they could not buy a Pride-themed onesie for their 10-month-old son because it should have been pulled from the shelves.
Michael Hoffacker and Michael Roedel went to the Target in Lake Park, Fla. on Saturday to buy baby formula, diapers and clothes when they spotted the yellow onesie emblazoned with the words “Bien Proud,”When the couple took the item — which was complete with a barcode and price tag — to a self-checkout aisle, they received an alert that a store worker was on the way.
Gay couple Michael Hoffacker and Michael Roedel lashed out at Target for not allowing them to buy a Pride-themed onesie for their baby at a Florida store because the staff said it should have been pulled from the shelves.The couple said they received an alert at the checkout line that a store employee in Lake Park was on the way.
“Target, in this moment, is wrong. They need to be better and they need to be a better ally in this community and especially in a situation where our family is there, trying to celebrate who we are in a very, very historic and proud, prideful June,” he said.
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