Target declined to confirm which items it was removing but among the ones that garnered attention were adult women’s swimsuits that can be used to tuck “male genitalia.” A group of designs by British designer Eric Cullen whose T-shirts referred to Satan also were targets of intense outcry. The merchandise hit stores and online in early May. Target confirmed that it had already relocated its section of Pride merchandise from the front of the stores to the back in some Southern stores after confrontations and backlash from shoppers in those areas.