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Originally Posted by gayla
I've seen a number of people posting about this in various places along with calls to boycott, etc. The person who made the donation is a member of the board of the holding company that owns Golds Gym. The donation was not made by Gold's Gym or the holding company.
The holding company issued a press release the day this was announced stating that they did not make the donation, the donation was made by a private citizen in his own name, not the name of the business and that they, as a company, reaffirm their support of the GLBT community and it's causes. Indirectly, the person making the donation has profited from membership fees of Gold's Gym customers but that is much different from saying your membership fees were donated to this organization.
It's really frustrating to see how this has been blown up. It's, essentially, a media created story.
This is like saying that Campbell Soup supports S/M because I donated money to the IML travel fund.
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I know you and Corkey have kind of covered this a little bit, but what about this?
From the article in question:
*Rowling, head of TRT Holdings, which is the owner of Gold's Gym, is spending quite a bit of money this election cycle. Upwards of $2 million to be exact, through
both his corporate and personal bank accounts. Where is he sending that money, which he no doubt earns on the backs of many an LGBT customer?*
Before I hop on either side of the debate, I'd like to know WHAT corporate accounts, exactly.