farellemoon introduced me to Chipotle restaurants because they're reliably gluten-free, which is important to her. They have good simple Mexi-food without gobs of salt or fake flavoring (which is important to *me*) and are cheap, which is important to both of us. ; > She's taught me to scout for the nearest Chipotle to any convention, so I'm now developing a Chipotle-radar sense... at the location I'll likely be moving to in August, I've already scouted the closest vet, pet supply store, grocery, Staples, and Chipotle.

Last week, talk radio hosts on KRXQ in Sacramento broadcast a show slamming transgender children. From HuffPo:

For his part, States bragged that if his own son were to ever dare put on a pair of high heels, States would beat his son with one of his own shoes. He urged parents whose own little boys expressed a desire to wear a dress to verbally abuse and degrade them as a viable response. "Because you know what? Boys don't wear high heel shoes. And in my house, they definitely don't wear high heels.

"I'm going to go, 'You know what? You're a little idiot! You little dumbass!'" States sneered, adding later, "I look forward to when [the transgender children] go out into society and society beats them down. And they wind up in therapy."

GLAAD posted a call to action, requesting an apology. A station manager responded "Did they do anything wrong? If you're a regular listener, the answer is no." The hosts themselves on Wednesday morning said "Some people do laugh and they realize we're not serious."

Chipotle responded by pulling their support from KRXQ. They were alerted by customers and quickly cost the station a year's worth of advertising. Before I started assembling this journal, I wrote to thank them for acting, and they'd sent me a personal response within half an hour.

I really wasn't expecting any major advertiser to actually pull their funding. Protest campaigns happen all the time and we're used to being ignored whenever money is involved. It'll take a lot more than this to change our society, but I credit Chipotle for taking a stand.

This afternoon, Dr Pepper-Snapple became the second company to pull their advertising, which also impresses me because Dr Pepper is based in Plano, Texas and is THE traditional soft drink of the South. This region isn't exactly known for its tolerance of nontraditional gender roles.

So next time you pass a Chipotle Mexican Grill, consider ramping up your impulse buying a little bit.


Huffington Post article

GLAAD blog report

GLAAD's report on Snapple and Chipotle pulling advertising

Edit: The offending show's been removed from the archive. Transcripts of some of the remarks are in this blog: linky

Edit: And Sonic's the latest company to pull their funding, yay!