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Last Updated: Jan 24, 2008 |
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Business
Human Rights Campaign Highlights Best Places to Work for 2008
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, has released its annual list of the 'Best Places to Work for GLBT Equality'. A total of 195 companies that achieve this honor will use the 2008 'Best Places to Work for GLBT Equality' seal to distinguish their company as a fair-minded employer
Jan 10, 2008
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Business
Gaywheels.com Adds BMW to Gay-Friendly List
Gaywheels.com, the only website designed for the GLBT automotive consumer, has updated its listing of gay-friendly car companies to include another brand previously on its non-gay-friendly list—BMW. BMW of North America, who began offering domestic partner benefits to their U.S. employees in their Sales, Marketing and Finance divisions in 2007, extended those same benefits to their employees in the manufacturing division in January.
Jan 7, 2008
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Current Events :
Equality
Gay Rights Groups Help Small Businesses Create LGBT-Inclusive Workplaces
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation and the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce have released a new toolkit to help small businesses provide equal benefits, employment protections and an inclusive work environment for all their employees.
Nov 6, 2007
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Business
Portland, Oregon’s Noma Hanlon Named LGBT Business Owner of the Year by NGLCC/Wells Fargo
Noma Hanlon, president of Portland, Ore.-based Hanlon Brown Design, consistently ranked as one of the leading graphic design firms in the Pacific Northwest, has been named the NGLCC/Wells Fargo LGBT Business Owner of the Year Award winner for 2007.
Oct 30, 2007
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Business
Washington, D.C. to Host LGBT Economic Development Summit in November
Washington, D.C. will host the first Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Economic Development Summit later this year, according to Neil O. Albert, the city's deputy mayor for planning and economic development. The goal of the summit, which will take place on Nov. 3, will be to ensure that LGBT business leaders and entrepreneurs continue to play an important role in leading the economic and creative development of the city.
Oct 16, 2007
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Health/Fitness :
Health Issues
Inaugural Healthcare Equality Index Turns a Critical Eye Toward the Gay-Friendliness of American Hospitals
The Human Rights Campaign and the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association have released the Healthcare Equality Index, an annual survey addressing five areas of greatest concern to LGBT patients: patient non-discrimination, visitation, medical decision-making, cultural competency training for staff and employment policies.
Oct 4, 2007
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Business
Work Obsessed
What is our obsession with work? I hear people who brag about working 50, 60, 70, even 80 hours a week. They brag not because they’re proud, they brag because they’re trying to one-up someone else who is talking about a difficult job. We martyr ourselves to our jobs in the hopes that someone will recognize us for our unflagging devotion to our work, yet that recognition never comes. Still, we continue to sacrifice in the hopes that one day….
Oct 1, 2007
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Business
GLBT Adults Prefer Gay-Friendly Companies
According to a new survey, seven in ten gay men and lesbians have switched products or service providers in the last year because they learned the company engaged in negative actions toward the GLBT community.
Sep 24, 2007
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