This is my 3rd letter to you. I don't mean to seem like a deranged stalker or someone with too much time on my hands, but I really want you to tell me something that will help me feel better about shopping at Target. Really. And not just some form letter. A tangible reason.

To recap previous letters: Target is my favourite store. There is one 5 blocks from my house and I shop(ped) there at least 3 times a week. I'm also gay. I have a female partner and a beautiful 18-month old daughter who already knows how to say Target. The news that Target had donated money to MN Forward, which in turn used it to support Tom Emmer, hater-of-gays and actively-intent-on-denying-us-out-rights was REALLY UPSETTING. Target is supposed to be awesome, not just for its clean lines, hip-yet-affordable clothing selection, and lack of Muzak playing in its stores, but also for donating to community-based charities, offering LGBT partner benefits, and marching in the Gay Pride parades.

Now, instead of shopping at Target, I am forced to go to other stores that are, frankly, depressing and boring. I need to buy some diapers, some Draino, some shampoo, some wash clothes, some body wash, lightbulbs, some tinted moisturizer, and some batteries. I would also like to buy a brightly colored dress I can wear to a garden party, some kicky flats, and a set of drinking glasses. What other store offers all of that in one perfectly organized shopping experience? NONE! I have to go to at least 3 other stores. Which sucks.

I love Target. Right now, I'm wearing a dress from Target, a bra from Target, and my ponytail holders are from Target. I'm sitting in a room where I see a lamp from Target, a printer from Target, a storage bin from Target, a stool from Target, binders from Target, a hat from Target, and on and on and on. I am a LOYAL customer.

So please, tell me something about what Target is going to do to balance its support for people like Tom Emmer. I get that you need to invest in people who support big business. I'm not even opposed to that - in addition to loving Target, I also love H&M and Ikea. But people like Tom Emmer have social policies that really and severely impact my life for the negative. So, I think it is only fair that Target do something (hint hint: donate money) to organizations that will work to make things easier for LGBT people. Then balance will be restored, we can all go back to duking it out in courtrooms and over family dinners, and I can shop at Target.

PLEASE give me an answer!

Love?

Coya Paz