By DeVere Kutscher, Publisher, Affinity Inc Magazine. Happily, today more companies than ever, and even government agencies, welcome — and in fact seek out — lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-owned businesses as part of their supply-chain diversity strategy. LGBT business enterprises are increasingly joining the ranks of other diverse suppliers such as women, veterans, Hispanic, disabled
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The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with the National Business Inclusion Consortium, presented the 2015 Financial Services Diversity Leadership Awards to three honorees in February. The evening began with a reception on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, followed by a dinner and awards ceremony. This year’s award
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Left to right: JP Benini, Elemental Path; Jessica Lawrence, New York Tech Meetup; and Stephenie Harris, Maven Cocktails StartOut, a nonprofit organization that promotes equality in the business world, hosted Demo Day + Networking in February in New York City. The day was a forum for the most innovative startups from the StartOut
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By Melissa Lowery Soon after enrolling at the University of Maryland, Hudson Taylor befriended lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students in his theatre classes and became increasingly aware of the pain caused by homophobic behavior. After years of witnessing the use of homophobic language and demeaning humor — especially in sports — he knew he
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By T.J. Chernick The ongoing development of corporate alliances has been an ongoing highlight for the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce-New York as it supports the growth and partnerships of LGBT businesses and their corporate allies. The growth of these alliances were celebrated during the chamber’s mixer, co-hosted by the organization’s corporate partners
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Toyota Financial Services hosted an intimate salon dinner for influencers in the LGBT community at Washington D.C.’s Art & Soul Restaurant in advance of the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner. With a longstanding commitment to the LGBT community, Toyota Financial Services held the event as an opportunity to further develop its relationship with the community
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Out & Equal Workplace Advocates held its 16th annual workplace summit at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco. More than 3,000 participants chose among 78 workshops, 12 roundtables and six case study discussions and enjoyed the Outie awards, which honor individuals and companies for outstanding efforts in advancing workplace equality (See list of honorees
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Out in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Inc. hosted its 4th Annual Conference in conjunction with the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals’ Out to Innovate™ 2014 in Atlanta. Held at the Georgia Tech Hotel, the event offered workshops, panel discussions and an awards ceremony. Raytheon Team
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Dr. Steve Kramer is the kind of person who dreams about physics and math, then wakes up and turns those dreams into a viable business plan. “Late in 2005, I was doing consultant work in the software space, and one night I started dreaming about mathematical Bessel functions,” he said. “I was having physics- and
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Maria Contreras-Sweet, SBA Administrator COVER STORY By Melissa Lowery The U.S. Small Business Administration is on a mission to modernize the organization and let small business owners know that they are standing by to provide support at every stage, from startup to expansion to globalization. Recently appointed Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet is leading the
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