No More Macys

I wish to thank Joey Destino for alerting me to the Macy's situation in Boston - story here

I encourage you to write to them as well. I have with the following letter:

"It was with a profound sense of disappointment and anger that I heard today about a deplorable incident occurring at Boston Macy's concerning a window display regarding Boston Pride. Apparently after complaints about this window display, a portion of that display was removed. Upon finding both the before and after pictures posted on the internet, I became even more disappointed with Macy's. Two male mannequins, standing apart from one another, were removed from the display.

I personally find this to be an incredibly distasteful action. The fact that you would lend credence to the belief that two men standing beside one another is in anyway obscene is not even the worst of it. What is truly horrendous about your actions is that you would stoop so low as to take away the "gay people" out of your display, but continue to leave the remainder of the Pride display in place. Hide the homosexuals, but try to exploit Gay Pride. The hypocrisy is flagrantly evident.

I cannot believe the gall that you have in continuing to use Gay Pride display, acting as if you had anything to do with any of the reasons behind such an event, after shoving the mannequins back into their closets.

I, like many other gay people, have enjoyed shopping at both Macy's and other fine Federated FDS stores – in the past. I, like your mannequins, will choose to remove myself from your stores and provide my hard earned money to somewhere else.

In the meantime, I hope that you will remove the display in its entirety. Your version of Pride is one thing I definitely find offensive."