Office Max/Office Depot Prints 'PUNCH A TERF' Cards at Eight Locations and Counting

Retailer participates in growing calls for violence against women’s rights activists

July 27, 2023 (Chicago, Illinois) - Despite private assurances of the company’s respect for its female customer base, and a promise that print jobs encouraging violence against women violate its corporate policy, Office Max / Office Depot continues to print materials that read “Punch a TERF.”

On July 11, women’s rights activist Jennifer Thomas went to Office Max Skokie, Illinois to pick up an advance order of personal business cards bearing the graphic “American TERF.” Upon arrival, she was told that her order “encourages references and promotes hatred, hostility or violence” towards “trans people” and so her order was canceled.

She explained that her order was in support of women’s rights and was told “It is, but it goes against trans rights” and “perhaps Staples could help.” On the same day, Thomas’s tweets about the event inspired a California-based activist to order cards that read “Punch a TERF,” which were immediately printed by OfficeMax / Office Depot.

In the following days, Sko…