American Eagle Outfitters
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- 01Achieves high/perfect HRC Corporate Equality Index scores (including 100 in recent years) with comprehensive transgender-inclusive healthcare covering surgeries, hormones, puberty blockers, leave, and related services for employees and dependents; maintains multiple identity-based ERGs, gender transition guidelines, LGBTQ+ trainings, and inclusive benefits covering domestic partners.W7
- 02Major 2025 Fall campaign 'Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans' used a jeans/genes pun featuring conventional blonde model Sydney Sweeney, drawing left-wing accusations of eugenics/racism while company stood by it and later launched a 2026 follow-up 'Syd for Short' shorts campaign with her; Aerie continues unretouched #AerieREAL body imagery with 2025 no-AI recommitment.2025B6
- 03Ongoing annual and expanded year-round Pride apparel collections with LGBTQ+ influencer partnerships and donations (e.g., $125k–$150k grants to It Gets Better Project in recent years, plus multi-million historical total); Aerie Real Foundation supports related causes; company among those boosting Pride spending in 2025-2026.2025W6
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Evidence exhibits · Case file WC-2026-000017
American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) - 1792 Exchange
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American Eagle sparks backlash for touting Sydney Sweeney's 'great jeans'
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Happy Pride Month! The AE Foundation™ Supports It Gets Better
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Sydney Sweeney and American Eagle are Back Together
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American Eagle released Pride collection in collaboration with LGBTQ+ influencers
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'It's rolling back and rolling back': What Black fashion leaders are saying about DEI
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American Eagle Faces Backlash For Sydney Sweeney ‘Great Jeans’ Campaign
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Defiant American Eagle CEO hits back at woke mob outrage over Sydney Sweeney ad as company boasts 1M new customers
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Sydney Sweeney fronts new American Eagle campaign after backlash
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American Eagle Outfitters Profile: Summary
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