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Fort Lauderdale chamber pleased to host NGLCC conference
By Genny Hom-Franzen Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is one of the country’s top destinations when it comes to food, fun and sun, and it is also the site of the 14th Annual National Gay and Lesbian
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Cargill spreads message of inclusion at Minneapolis LGBT Pride parade
Team Cargill made a strong showing earlier this summer at the Twin Cities Pride Parade in Minneapolis and did not go unnoticed. “You know you’re in the Midwest when Cargill employees march with farm
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HRC hails historic EEOC ruling on employment discrimination
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, praised the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for its July 16 ruling affirming that it considers employment discrimination based on sexual orientation
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Affinity Inc Magazine launches AIM Digital
Affinity Inc Magazine — the nation’s foremost quarterly publication dedicated to the success of LGBT business equality — launched its first-ever spinoff magazine, AIM Digital, this summer. The new online bimonthly publication is available at
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Aetna covers gender reassignment procedures for federal employees
By Genny Hom-Franzen Grace Figueredo, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Aetna In 1995, Aetna Inc. was one of the first companies to set up domestic partner benefits. In 2009, it was the first major
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Certified for success
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
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Aflac’s Wassel Lewis pursues diversity throughout company’s supply chain
By Melissa Lowery Wassel Lewis, AFLAC Wassel Lewis, director of strategic sourcing at Aflac Inc., is on a mission to welcome more LGBT-, women- and minority-owned businesses to the insurance company’s supply chain.
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Lockheed Martin’s LGBT ERG breeds success
By Melissa Lowery Lockheed Martin Corp. has a long history of supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender inclusion. PRIDE, the company’s LGBT employee resource group, was founded in 1981 as an opportunity for LGBT and
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LGBT entrepreneurs present their businesses to investors at StartOut Demo Day
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 +
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Athlete Ally promotes inclusiveness on and off the field
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.
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