This is part of AP’s effort to address widely shared misinformation, including work with outside companies and organizations to add factual context to misleading content that is circulating online. The Pride apparel for kids, adults and pets was located together at the front of the store, in an area often used for seasonal or limited-edition collections, and not in the children’s section. The kids’ swimsuits in the Pride collection are not the same design or construction and do not have the same label, Castaneda confirmed.Īt a Target in New York City’s downtown Brooklyn neighborhood that the AP visited on Monday, the same adult swimsuits shown on social media featured the “tuck-friendly” tag, while a kids’ black swimskirt for sale instead had a tag reading: “Thoughtfully Fit on Multiple Body Types and Gender Expressions.” “The ‘tuck-friendly’ swim suits are for adults only,” Castaneda said. Both pages list the products as coming in “general adult sizing” and offer adult XS as the smallest size for sale. However, the swimsuits labeled “tuck-friendly” are only in adult sizes, and are not available in kids’ sizes, Kayla Castaneda, a spokesperson for Target, told The Associated Press.īoth the colorful one-piece and black swim bottoms seen in the photos and videos online are clearly labeled on Target’s website as adult swimsuits.

Posts misrepresent Israeli data on COVID-19 deaths in young peopleĪnother video on Instagram, which had more than 100,000 likes as of Monday, shows footage of the tag on the one-piece swimsuit, and claims that while it is not specifically in the kids’ section, it is available in kids’ sizes. Both feature a circular tag that reads, “Tuck-Friendly Construction,” and “Extra Crotch Coverage.” Posts criticizing Target shared photos or videos of either a one-piece swimsuit with a bright pink, orange, green and blue colorblock pattern, or black swim bottoms with colorful line stitches. Many of the posts criticizing Target have also urged people to boycott the company, following similar threats and transphobic commentary from conservative social media personalities towards brands including Bud Light and Nike over promotional campaigns featuring transgender people. Celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Lizzo and Chrissy Teigen never fail to bring the heat not to mention some serious style inspiration to our Instagram feeds with their sexy bikini pics. THE FACTS: Target’s seasonal collection of clothes for Pride month collection has been the subject of several misleading videos in recent weeks, with social media users claiming the retailer is selling “tuck-friendly” bathing suits designed for kids or in kids’ sizes.

Kids’ swimsuits in the collection do not feature this label. The “tuck-friendly” swimsuits are only offered in adult sizes, according to a spokesperson for the company and Target’s website. CLAIM: Target’s Pride collection features a bathing suit for kids that is labeled “tuck-friendly.”ĪP’S ASSESSMENT: False.

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