T-Mobile, along with other major telecommunications companies, cut off the Trump campaign’s texting service for five days in the 2020 election cycle. The company claimed that the cessation of service was a third-party decision to combat spam, but the Trump campaign thought the decision might be politically motivated (1). T-Mobile received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Among other requirements, this means the company has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (2). However, neither T-Mobile nor the recently acquired Sprint has specifically terminated business relationships or contracts due to viewpoints or beliefs.

T-Mobile does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving (1)(2).

T-Mobile does not protect its employees from potential viewpoint discrimination (1).

T-Mobile has endorsed the Equality Act and opposed state-level measures to protect women’s and girls’ sports (1)(2). It is also a strong promoter of LGBTQ Pride Month and created an “external diversity and inclusion council” stacked with progressive activists, including the defamed president of the Human Rights Campaign (3)(4). The company opposed the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, which prohibits teaching gender identity and sexual orientation in schools to kids in K-3rd grade (5).

T-Mobile has given over a million dollars to the Human Rights Campaign and has also funded the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (1). T-Mobile also donated to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and the National Urban League (2). T-Mobile funds travel expenses for employees getting an abortion outside of their home states (3). T-Mobile also funded a Boise-area Pride Month event, which featured drag shows with children as young as 11 years old included (4).

T-Mobile contributes politically in a bipartisan manner consistent with business interests (1) (2).