# @pinknews on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-03-05T12:00:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PinkNews (@pinknews) — https://gondola.cc/pinknews

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Controversial fast food chain Chick-fil-A is facing mass boycotts for funding anti-LGBTQ+ organisations as it prepares to return to the UK.

Protestors have said they plan to stage demonstrations outside the chain’s London branch upon its opening on Thursday (5 March) over its historical funding of organisations attacking LGBTQ+ rights in the US.

In 2023, the chain announced plans to open sites in Belfast, Leeds, Liverpool, and London as part of a long-term investment commitment to Britain.

Chick-fil-A previously attempted to establish a foothold in Britain in 2019, but was forced to end its lease after six months due to the lack of customers.

Much of the backlash came over reports from 2011 which revealed that the Chick-fil-A Foundation had donated almost $3 million to campaign groups opposing marriage equality. Two years later, reports revealed that the chain’s anti-LGBTQ+ donations had doubled.

While the organisation said it would refrain from donating to anti-LGBTQ+ organisations in 2021, reports said it had in fact continued to do so, including a sizeable sum to the National Christian Charitable Foundation, which publicly calls for the derailment of equality laws in the US.

Its second attempt to invest in the UK market has been met with similar waves of backlash from members of the public, many of whom have vowed to boycott the chain.

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