They also specifically contacted members of the leather community, used them as models iirc, and donated $100k to Outright International. They talked the talk and walked the walk and put their money on it too. I don't really care that I can't afford and don't want this merch, I love to see my community getting the respect it deserves. Levi's said, "We make jeans which gays wear lots of jeans? Oh leather daddies? Let's call them."
I think Levi's donates to Outreach International every year too, as well as sponsoring pride events and other community support. They were offering Same Sex domestic partner benefits to employees in the 90s, and have been very public about their support for pro-lgbt legislation all through the 2000s.
So, you know, a giant corporation that walks the walk pretty consistently.
A silly little not-quite-meet awkward/cute where Tommy is exhausted after a shift but he needs to go to the grocery store before he goes home.
Buck is a worker there and he’s in the produce with cut fruit for samples.
Tommy notices him; his main thought is that he wishes he wasn’t too tired to truly appreciate how gorgeous the man is.
When Tommy is just a few feet away from Buck, picking out a bunch of bananas, Buck asks Tommy if he’d like a sample of mango and that sounds good to Tommy—he should probably eat something before he passes out—and he mumbles, “sure,” and walks over.
Tommy, visibly exhausted, doesn’t pick up the sample right away and Buck takes pity on him and picks up a sample cup to hand to him, only wires get crossed in Tommy’s tired brain and instead of holding out his hand, he opens his mouth
And Buck, who does not quite have the excuse of being tired, but is more than a little endeared with this stranger, picks up the toothpick-speared fruit and feeds it to Tommy.
Tommy chews the fruit, a blissful look on his face in the few seconds before he realizes and his face turns red. “Oh, god, I don’t know why I did that. I’m sorry.”
Buck smiles, amused and relieved Tommy wasn’t put off by what he did. “No need to apologize.” He tries to think of a polite way to say ‘you look tired’ that doesn’t sound like ‘you look like shit.’ He points a few feet away, towards their bakery. “We’re also sampling donuts and coffee—I could go grab you some?”
Tommy smiles back. “That’s sweet, but I’ve got it. Thank you”—he glances at his name tag—“thanks, Evan.”
“You’re welcome.” Buck watches Tommy as he makes his way to the bakery section and puts a few things in his basket before taking a sample of the donuts and coffee. When he goes back for seconds, Buck smiles and politely looks away.
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