Neither Target nor Minnesota Forward were focused on civil rights - instead, their mission was the consolidation of wealth for large corporations - but their chosen candidate, Tom Emmer, had declared himself a fanatical opponent of queer people. That’s when a report emerged that the company had given $150,000 to a group called “Minnesota Forward,” which was paying to get a wildly anti-gay candidate elected governor of the state. Most people gave little thought to Target’s position on queer politics until 2010.
