{"id":8934,"date":"2014-02-10T10:35:56","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T10:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=8934"},"modified":"2019-03-10T14:55:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T14:55:24","slug":"40000-signatures-sent-to-ikea-in-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2014\/02\/40000-signatures-sent-to-ikea-in-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"40,000 Signatures Sent to IKEA in Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ikea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8931\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ikea.jpg\" alt=\"Ikea\" width=\"728\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ikea.jpg 728w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ikea-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Equal rights activists are pressuring retail giant IKEA, urging the company to take a bold stand against Russia\u2019s crackdown on gay rights, after the company erased photos and a feature of a LGBT family from a recent Russian publication, and refused to condemn Russia\u2019s harsh anti-gay laws.<\/p>\n<p>IKEA has come under global criticism after 40,000 people signed a petition on Change.org, started by RUSA LGBT, a Russian-speaking LGBT organization based in the U.S., demanding that IKEA republish their Russian magazine with the photo and feature of the LGBT family, and asking the company to take a firm stand against Russia\u2019s ban on promoting LGBT rights.<\/p>\n<p>The photo and feature in IKEA\u2019s magazine featured a lesbian couple, Clara and Kirsty, and discussed how the couple and their baby became closer while redecorating their small living space. But when it came time to publish the magazine in Russia, according to RUSA LGBT, IKEA removed the photo rather than stand with Russia\u2019s LGBT community.<\/p>\n<p>Activists from the&nbsp;Spectrum Human Rights Alliance, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusalgbt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RUSA LGBT<\/a>&nbsp;will travel to IKEA\u2019s U.S. Corporate Office Headquarters, outside of Philadelphia, to protest IKEA\u2019s decision to erase LGBT content from its Russian publications, and to deliver 40,000 signatures from their petition to IKEA executives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re bringing the voices of 40,000 signers, and countless people around the globe who want corporate giants like IKEA to stand up against Russia\u2019s brutal assault on LGBT people,\u201d said Poltavtsev. \u201cFor IKEA to erase LGBT people from their Russian publications only caters to the extreme brand of hatred and discrimination being promoted by Russian lawmakers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIKEA has historically been a strong ally to the LGBT community. But they\u2019ve really failed their LGBT customers here, and particularly LGBT people in Russia. Based on IKEA\u2019s history, they should have known better, and need to issue a clear statement of support for LGBT Russians,\u201d Poltavtsev added.<\/p>\n<p>IKEA is one of several companies being urged by LGBT rights advocates to condemn Russia\u2019s anti-gay laws. 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