after learning that it had made political donations to the group MN Forward, which supports the openly anti-gay Minnesota politician, Tom Emmer. Initially, Gaga had believed her agreement with Target would benefit the LGBT community. "Part of my deal with Target is that they have to start affiliating themselves with LGBT charity groups and begin to reform and make amends for the mistakes they've made in the past," she told Billboard when news of the deal surfaced. Though Gaga's camp has not officially stated the reasons for the change, her rep confirmed that "Lady Gaga and Target came to a mutual decision to end their overall exclusive partnership a few weeks ago