Seattle Pride cuts ties with Amazon, alleging company donates to anti-LGBTQ+ politicians

An Amazon spokesperson said the company works with policymakers on a wide array of issues, but that does not mean they agree them “100% of the time.”

SEATTLE — Seattle Pride is cutting ties with Amazon, alleging the company donates to anti-LGBTQ+ politicians and the participation of anti-LGBTQ+ organizations in the company’s AmazonSmile program. 

Seattle Pride cited reports that the company donated more than $450,000 to lawmakers who voted against the Equality Act in 2020. The bill would have amended the Civil Rights Act to make it illegal to discriminate on the basis of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, federal funding, education and

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