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Kum & Go Says “Trans Rights”

Kum & Go Says “Trans Rights”

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Amid times of worry and uncertainty for the future of LGBTQ legislation, one unlikely alley has risen from the midwestern dust… convenience and gas store Kum & Go has put their foot down. “Protect trans kids.” They tweet, firmly, “Period.”

Kum & Go, part of Krause Group, is an Iowa based convenience store committed to serving customers with a fresh perspective. Evidentially true to their slogan, Kum & Go’s Twitter account posted some shocking statistics about LGBTQ youth in Iowa state. According to data from the Trevor Project, 44% of queer and trans youth in Iowa have considered suicide in the past year.

“We’re people first and that means speaking up for our community,” Tweets the convince supply chain. “We know that this is just the beginning, and we still have work to do to continue to advocate for the LGBTQ members of our community.” Kum & Go also stated their stance against the anti-trans bathroom bill and on gender-affirming care for minors. Through their affiliated lobbyists, Kum & Go L.C. is voting against these anti-LGBTQ legislative acts.

This isn’t the first display of pro-LGBTQ activism Kum & Go has shown. In 2021, the company was in collaboration with HOMOCO, a queer-founded designer label. Portions of the proceeds were sent toward the Transgender Law Center. A month before that, the company advertised their own merchandise which read “Kum & Gay Rights,” with $10 of each shirt purchase going toward the Trevor Project. The year before this, the company raised thousands of dollars for the Trevor Project, the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, and the Transgender Law Center’s Trans Agenda for Liberation.

The Transgender Law Center (TLC) is the world’s largest national trans-led organization which advocates for trans rights. They are also committed to serving communities on a local and global scale to protect transgender and gender nonconforming people from unjust legislation.

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