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<p>In celebration of Pride month, people across the world are posting their support for the LGBTQ community.</p><p>While social media floods with LGBTQ people sharing stories of coming out and stepping into their truth, many businesses are flying the rainbow flag in support.</p><p>In lieu of a flag, the small Confections bakery in Lufkin, Texas made a batch of rainbow cookies and posted a photo of them online.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/157581020981850/photos/a.548493911890557/5550671255006106/" data-width="552"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/157581020981850/photos/a.548493911890557/5550671255006106/?type=3" class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><p>More LOVE. Less hate. Happy Pride to all our LGBTQ friends! All lovers of cookies and happiness are welcome here🌈✨</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/157581020981850">Confections</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/157581020981850/photos/a.548493911890557/5550671255006106/?type=3">Wednesday, June 2, 2021</a></blockquote></div></div><p>The caption read:</p><p>&quot;More LOVE. Less hate. Happy Pride to all our LGBTQ friends! All lovers of cookies and happiness are welcome here.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>While the sweet picture and sentiment received a lot of positive responses, it wasn&#39;t long before the bakery faced serious backlash and lost customers - including a large order slated for the following day.</p><div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="275" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D5555854097821155%26id%3D157581020981850&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="500"></iframe></div><p>In a follow-up post, they wrote about the hateful messages they received and lost business:</p><blockquote> <p>&quot;Today has been hard. Really hard.</p> <p>We lost a significant amount of followers because of a rainbow heart cookie we posted.</p> <p>We received a very hateful message on our business page canceling a large order (5dz) of summer-themed cookies for tomorrow morning (that we just finished decorating) because of a rainbow heart cookie we posted.&quot;</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>&quot;My heart is heavy. Honestly, I never thought a post that literally said more love less hate would result in this kind of backlash to a very small business that is struggling to stay afloat and spread a little cheer through baked goods.</p> <p>So. If you love our cookies we will have an overabundance of them tomorrow. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better.&quot;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>They ended the post by encouraging anyone who likes cookies to stop by, since they&#39;d have an overabundance after the big canceled order.</p><p>Luckily, the internet did its thing and Confections was soon flooded with business and cookie purchases.</p><p>The next day they posted an overjoyed follow-up on Facebook showing the bakery emptied of cookies.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/Confections-157581020981850/photos/a.548493911890557/5560180600721838" data-width="552"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/157581020981850/photos/a.548493911890557/5560180600721838/?type=3" class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><p>Y’all Are The Best EVAH!!!!! We have sold out of everything!!!! We’ll reopen with rainbow cookies and all things glorious tomorrow!!!! Cheers to all you lovely humans 🦩🦩🍷🍷</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/157581020981850">Confections</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/157581020981850/photos/a.548493911890557/5560180600721838/?type=3">Friday, June 4, 2021</a></blockquote></div></div><p>The post read:</p><blockquote> <p>&quot;Y&rsquo;all<br /> Are<br /> The<br /> Best<br /> EVAH!!!!!<br /> <br /> We have sold out of everything!!!!<br /> <br /> We&rsquo;ll reopen with rainbow cookies and all things glorious tomorrow!!!!<br /> <br /> Cheers to all you lovely humans.&quot;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Another photo posted to their Facebook showed a line of supportive customers around the block:</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/Confections-157581020981850/photos/a.548493911890557/5560595757346989" data-width="552"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/157581020981850/photos/a.548493911890557/5560595757346989/?type=3" class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><p>We are overwhelmed. This was taken around noon today and sent to us by a sweet customer. Thank you. ❤️</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/157581020981850">Confections</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/157581020981850/photos/a.548493911890557/5560595757346989/?type=3">Friday, June 4, 2021</a></blockquote></div></div><p>The co-owners, Dawn and Miranda, wrote a post about how wonderful and overwhelming it was to sell out. Even after the cookies were gone, people offered to donate to the bakery, and the women directed all donations towards local animal shelters.</p><div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="294" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D5564504420289456%26id%3D157581020981850&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="500"></iframe></div><p> </p><p>They wrote:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>We&rsquo;ve sold out.</p> <p>All this attention on our small business is very humbling. Makes me nervous! Those who know me (Dawn) know how shy I am. In the 11 years we&rsquo;ve been open we&rsquo;ve never seen anything quite like this.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>We (my sister and co-owner Miranda and our fabulous baker Felicia) are just so humbled and grateful and moved by this outpouring of love. The last several people in our shop put Money on their credit card for us to donate because there was nothing left to purchase.</p> <p>Yo! Miranda edit here! Giving it all to local animal rescues.</p> <p>We told the customers they could donate to that cause.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>They chose to do so.</p> <p>Miranda Dolder.</p> <p>If you have an issue, I&rsquo;ve got a mouth.</p> <p>More love. Less hate. Always.</p> </blockquote><p>While the internet can be a very toxic place, the good can sometimes outweigh the bad, as evidenced by how this turned around.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Customers flooded Texas bakery after it received hate for baking Pride cookies.

In celebration of Pride month, people across the world are posting their support for the LGBTQ community.While social media floods with LGBTQ people sharing stories of coming out and stepping into their truth, many businesses are flying the rainbow flag in support.In lieu of a flag, the small Confections bakery in Lufkin, Texas made a batch of rainbow cookies and posted a photo of them online.More LOVE. Less hate. Happy Pride to all our LGBTQ friends! All lovers of cookies and happiness are welcome here🌈✨Posted by Confections on Wednesday, June 2, 2021The caption read:&quot;More LOVE. Less hate. Happy Pride to all our LGBTQ friends! All lovers of cookies and happiness are welcome here.&quot;While the sweet picture and sentiment received a lot of positive responses, it wasn&#39;t long before the bakery faced serious backlash and lost customers - including a large order slated for the following day.In a follow-up post, they wrote about the hateful messages they received and lost business: &quot;Today has been hard. Really hard. We lost a significant amount of followers because of a rainbow heart cookie we posted. We received a very hateful message on our business page canceling a large order (5dz) of summer-themed cookies for tomorrow morning (that we just finished decorating) because of a rainbow heart cookie we posted.&quot;  &quot;My heart is heavy. Honestly, I never thought a post that literally said more love less hate would result in this kind of backlash to a very small business that is struggling to stay afloat and spread a little cheer through baked goods. So. If you love our cookies we will have an overabundance of them tomorrow. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better.&quot; They ended the post by encouraging anyone who likes cookies to stop by, since they&#39;d have an overabundance after the big canceled order.Luckily, the internet did its thing and Confections was soon flooded with business and cookie purchases.The next day they posted an overjoyed follow-up on Facebook showing the bakery emptied of cookies.Y’all Are The Best EVAH!!!!! We have sold out of everything!!!! We’ll reopen with rainbow cookies and all things glorious tomorrow!!!! Cheers to all you lovely humans 🦩🦩🍷🍷Posted by Confections on Friday, June 4, 2021The post read: &quot;Y&rsquo;all Are The Best EVAH!!!!!  We have sold out of everything!!!!  We&rsquo;ll reopen with rainbow cookies and all things glorious tomorrow!!!!  Cheers to all you lovely humans.&quot; Another photo posted to their Facebook showed a line of supportive customers around the block:We are overwhelmed. This was taken around noon today and sent to us by a sweet customer. Thank you. ❤️Posted by Confections on Friday, June 4, 2021The co-owners, Dawn and Miranda, wrote a post about how wonderful and overwhelming it was to sell out. Even after the cookies were gone, people offered to donate to the bakery, and the women directed all donations towards local animal shelters. They wrote: We&rsquo;ve sold out. All this attention on our small business is very humbling. Makes me nervous! Those who know me (Dawn) know how shy I am. In the 11 years we&rsquo;ve been open we&rsquo;ve never seen anything quite like this.  We (my sister and co-owner Miranda and our fabulous baker Felicia) are just so humbled and grateful and moved by this outpouring of love. The last several people in our shop put Money on their credit card for us to donate because there was nothing left to purchase. Yo! Miranda edit here! Giving it all to local animal rescues. We told the customers they could donate to that cause.  They chose to do so. Miranda Dolder. If you have an issue, I&rsquo;ve got a mouth. More love. Less hate. Always. While the internet can be a very toxic place, the good can sometimes outweigh the bad, as evidenced by how this turned around.

This story shows the full range of the internet.