Last year, Anheuser-Busch was awarded a top score of 100 for LGBTQ equity by the Human Rights Campaign – described as having a "leading role in Democratic Party politics and left-leaning activism" by InfluenceWatch.
However, Human Rights Campaign rescinded Anheuser-Busch's perfect score for not standing up for Mulvaney during the Bud Light debacle.
USA Today reported, "The Human Rights Campaign informed the Bud Light maker that it has suspended its Corporate Equality Index score – a tool that scores companies on their policies for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer employees."
The HRC claims that Anheuser-Busch did not adequately champion Mulvaney following the backlash of the transgender influencer promoting Bud Light on Instagram in April.
"When we saw the company working with Dylan, that was a good sign. It was a sign of inclusion," Jay Brown, SVP of programs, research, and training at HRC, told CNN. "What we were really disturbed by was the company's reaction once the backlash started happening."
Brown previously declared that Anheuser-Busch's actions "demonstrate a profound lack of fortitude in upholding its values of diversity, equity, and inclusion."