Confections, a shop in Lufkin, TX, posted an image of heart-shaped cookies iced with the rainbow flag last week to mark Pride Month. Almost immediately, the shop's Facebook page was deluged with hate and the owners revealed that they lost a significant amount of followers because of the rainbow heart cookie they posted. "We received a very hateful message on our business page canceling a [very] large order of summer themed cookies for tomorrow morning (that we just finished decorating)," the shop said.
But the lament turned into an SOS ― and it was answered by thousands of supporters. The response prompted “tears of joy,” Confections wrote. "We are overwhelmed by all the sweet words of support posted, messaged and emailed. There are so many it may take us a while to get through them all. Thank you so much to all our new followers, 2,500 of y’all!! We will open today at 10 and will have the canceled [cookie] order individually bagged and ready to sell, $3 each" The bakery shared a photo of a long customer line:
Brian Cuban, a Texas lawyer and recovery advocate who’s the brother of Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, also got involved. “When things slow down a bit, let us know if shipping is possible. I’d like to support you,” Cuban said, according KYTX. “If shipping isn’t possible, I’ll buy some by phone/email and you can donate my cookies to a local LGBTQ org or children’s charity.”
By Saturday, Confections was sold out of its entire inventory ― neither a crumb nor a hater in sight. On Sunday, the shop reported it was hard at work making rainbow bows and said it was working on routing donations to nursing homes. Cookies and love beat hate every time.
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