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HRC and Gender Proud Launch Partnership to Raise Visibility of the Transgender Community and Their Rights in the Philippines
Partnering with model and transgender activist Geena Rocero, HRC supports three-city public education campaign
Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, and Gender Proud, a transgender advocacy and awareness organization, announced a three-city public education… Read the rest

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By Jim Patterson

LGBTQ workers still face employment discrimination 50 years after landmark series
In 1963 a New York tabloid ran a six-part series on Sex and Laws. The series was motivated by many factors including sex scandals at the United Nations, increased public health problem of venereal disease, increased number of sex workers, workplace discrimination, and availability of pornography.
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Why Are  Gay & Lesbian Troops Excluded From the Military Equal Opportunity Program and Non-Discrimination Policy?
Today, the American Military Partner Association (AMPA), the nation’s largest organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) military spouses and their families, highlighted that although Indiana may have recently been in the nation’s crosshairs over a battle encompassing non-discrimination protections for LGBT people, there’s another sector of society… Read the rest

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Human Rights Campaign launches list of corporations opposed to anti-LGBT legislation being considered in states around the country
Today, major corporations signed on to launch a statement by businesses speaking out against an onslaught of anti-LGBT legislation being considered in states around the country. The statement, launched today by the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization,… Read the rest

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Lambda Legal is proud to announce today that Crispin Torres, Community Educator in Lambda Legal’s Midwestern Regional Office, has been named to the Trans 100. The Trans 100 is an annual list that recognizes prominent members of the transgender community across the country.
“Crispin has been a key part on our community education team, and we are delighted that he has been named to the… Read the rest

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Yesterday, a subcommittee of the Georgia House Judiciary Committee moved an anti-LGBT bill forward that could allow people to use their religion as an excuse to challenge or opt out of various laws – including local laws in Atlanta and other cities – that protect LGBT people and other minorities from discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations. Major local conferences have already threatened to… Read the rest

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Saks Fifth Avenue CEO Declines to Renounce Company’s Stand that Transgender Employees Are Not Protected Under Civil Rights Law
Gerald Storch’s Silence on Civil Rights Claim Calls Into Question Saks’ Commitment to LGBT Equality in the Workplace
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today condemned the decision by the chief executive of Saks Fifth… Read the rest

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The University of Birmingham is taking steps to ensure that its curriculum is inclusive towards those with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ) identities.
The new project is innovative within the higher education sector and will draw on current effective practice across the University to develop a guide for colleagues seeking to embed LGBTQ issues in all of the institution’s academic disciplines.
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As Labor Day approaches, Lambda Legal has launched its newest section of the Know Your Rights information hub. Know Your Rights Workplace provides information for LGBT and HIV+ people who face discrimination at work.
“Among callers to our Legal Help Desk, workplace issues are a top concern year after year—second only to relationship recognition,” said Greg Nevins, Counsel and Workplace Fairness Project Strategist based in… Read the rest

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Johnson & Johnson’s corporate-wide anti-bullying and LGBT equality initiative is expanding as it kicks off its third year in June.  Since 2012, donations raised through CARE WITH PRIDE have supported PFLAG’s anti-bullying efforts and this year, The Trevor Project and Family Equality Council are newly added beneficiaries.  By the end of 2014, it is projected that CARE WITH PRIDE ™ will have raised more than… Read the rest

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Event will empower the LGBTQ community by promoting equal access to education
Point Foundation today announced May 21, 2014 as the date for the inaugural educate2impact day and launched the website www.educate2impact.org. Everyone deserves equal access to education and educate2impact day will bring attention to the importance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students attending and graduating from high school and college.
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Offers investors a “new kind of socially responsible investing”:
Equality Funds, a nationally certified lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) business enterprise, has announced it is launching investment products and options for those who wish to invest in LGBT-friendly businesses.  They also revealed the criteria used to determine whether or not a business qualifies as LGBT-friendly, offered statistics demonstrating that investing in LGBT-friendly businesses could… Read the rest

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HRC Foundation Honors 304 Major U.S. Employers 
Historic year for Corporate America’s leadership in fight for LGBT equality
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, will honor 304 major U.S. employers as its 2014 ‘Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality” at the 12th Annual LGBT Workplace Awards Reception tonight.  This… Read the rest

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The seventh annual Out & Equal Executive Forum convened 55 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) executives from many of the world’s largest companies to share success stories and advance LGBT equality in the workplace. Over the course of the two-day symposium, held March 12 and 13 at Le Meridien Hotel in San Francisco, leaders rallied around the theme: Better Together.
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MassMutual Joins Forces with NGLCC to Support LGBT Business Owners and Showcase Diversity of Talent in LGBT Communities
Bring Hands-on Road Shows to LGBT Businesses in California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts and Ohio
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) announced today that it has become a corporate partner with the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) to help that organization advance the economic equality… Read the rest

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Brewers Guinness, Heineken and Sam Adams Say No to Discrimination, Drop Sponsorships of St. Patrick’s Day Parades
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today hailed the decisions of major brewers, Guinness, Heineken, and Sam Adams for dropping sponsorships of St. Patrick’s Day parades which discriminate by excluding openly LGBT participants.
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MASS MUTUAL
“The 100 percent rating from the CEI reinforces the ongoing success that MassMutual has achieved in making our company an employer of choice in the LGBT community, one that encourages employees to bring their whole selves to work,” said Mike Fanning, executive vice president, MassMutual and executive sponsor of the company’s LGBT employee resource group, PRIDE. “As a result, we are a more… Read the rest

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Joins Forces with Echelon Magazine
The publisher of UNITE Magazine Nashville has launched UNITE Business Magazine, a bi-monthly publication catering to LGBT business owners and corporate allies. After the amazing success of UNITE Nashville, Joey Amato noticed there was a gap in LGBT publishing, especially in the business space, so he decided to expand the UNITE brand.
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