Anheuser-Busch Loses Perfect LGBTQ Equity Score By Missing ‘Key Moment’ To Stand Up For Mulvaney

Anheuser-Busch, the multinational conglomerate which owns Bud Light, was removed from a prominent LGBTQ organization’s equity index because the firm missed a “key moment” to support self-described transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Bud Light provoked controversy after the brand nodded toward the social media star, and executives have since made lackluster attempts to ease tensions with conservatives, such as downplaying the partnership and hiring veteran Republican lobbyists to win back conservatives. The attempts nevertheless induced the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ political organization, to remove the firm’s perfect score...