IN RETREAT: LGBTQ Mafia Loses More Than Half Its Fortune 500 Partners
This year, however, only 131 companies are working with HRC—a 65% drop;
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Transgender orthodoxy is in retreat in medicine, the courts, and even business—as the LGBTQ mafia bleeds allies in corporate America.
The Human Rights Campaign has long employed mafia-like tactics to pressure companies to toe the line on gender ideology, but a growing chorus of critics, assisted by President Donald Trump’s second administration, has led companies to reconsider their alliances with the organization.
About three-quarters of all Fortune 500 companies (377) disclosed their business practices to HRC in 2025, so the LGBTQ activist group could rate them on its Corporate Equality Index. This year, however, only 131 companies are working with HRC—a 65% drop.
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— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) February 14, 2026
The Human Rights Campaign, acts like an LGBTQ mafia, has lost more than half its Fortune 500 partners.
HRC's stranglehold over Corporate America is loosening, as detransitioner lawsuits succeed and "gender-affirming care" loses support.https://t.co/66y546M7Nm pic.twitter.com/psW1YSCFmC
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