The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the radical LGBT lobbying group often dubbed the “LGBTQ Mafia” for its aggressive corporate pressure tactics, has suffered a devastating blow as more than half its Fortune 500 partners have abandoned ship. In 2025, 377 major companies bowed to HRC’s Corporate Equality Index—a scorecard pushing gender ideology, pronoun mandates, and “transgender” policies in the workplace. By 2026, that number has plummeted to just 131, a staggering 65% drop, according to HRC’s own February 14, 2026, report.
The exodus reflects growing corporate backlash against woke extremism, fueled by consumer revolts like the Bud Light boycott over Dylan Mulvaney and Target’s gender-neutral product fiasco, which cost billions in lost sales. Conservative activists from the Alliance Defending Freedom, Heritage Foundation, and 1792 Exchange have led the charge, using shareholder resolutions and public campaigns to demand companies prioritize merit, profitability, and traditional values over leftist social engineering.
HRC’s remaining partners still employ 22 million Americans, but the retreat signals a broader rejection of forcing businesses to affirm radical agendas that undermine family structures and biological reality. Recent wins, including the American Society of Plastic Surgeons’ stance against youth transgender surgeries and jury verdicts in detransition lawsuits, have amplified the pushback. This collapse aligns with President Trump’s administration dismantling federal DEI mandates and restoring common sense in policy.
Companies like Molson Coors, Ford, and Lowe’s ditched HRC in 2024, joining a wave of firms ditching the ideology. HRC downplayed the losses, touting its partners’ economic clout while clinging to its mission of “equality.” But the numbers tell the story: Corporate America is waking up to the costs of appeasing the LGBT lobby.