Did you know that dozens of major brands, including Target, The Gap, Disney, Netflix, and even Sesame Street are supporting known hate groups through the link referral service know as the Christian Values Network (CVN)?

According to CVN, there are more than 170,000 charities that benefit from the CVN’s service by receiving donations through purchases made through the site. For example, someone could buy something on Target.com, and the company would make a donation to the charity of the customer’s choice through CVN.

Unfortunately, there are several organizations included on CVN’s service that support discrimination. In addition to Focus on the Family's anti-gay agenda, the Southern Poverty Law Center has declared organizations like the Family Research Council and Abiding Truth Ministries as known “hate groups,” for their blatant and repeated homophobic lies about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. These organizations receive donations through CVN when customers buy products through CVN stores.

Corporations like The Gap, Disney, Netflix and others, are allowing their brands to be used to raise money for organizations whose major focus of work is hurting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. This has to stop.

Target has been a consistently positive force for the LGBT community, particualrly within Minneapolis and for its employees, but it has had its missteps.

Call on Target to insist CVN stop using their brand to raise money for hate and remain true to its commitment to diversity.