Activists urge Bezos to choose LGBT-friendly state for new headquarters.

Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos has been an outspoken supporter of LGBT rights and is considering where to add 50,000 jobs. (David Ryder/Getty Images)

A group of activists, actors, politicians and executives is asking Amazon.com founder Jeffrey P. Bezos not to put a second Amazon headquarters in a state lacking legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, pressing the executive to use his company’s high-profile relocation to further a cause he has personally supported.