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HRC yanks Walmart’s perfect LGBT score after complaints of anti-trans discrimination.

November 11, 2017 compassq Comments Off on HRC yanks Walmart’s perfect LGBT score after complaints of anti-trans discrimination.

“Good corporate policy must be matched by a commitment to enforcement.” Walmart received a perfect 100 in HRC’s new 2018 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), but the LGBT advocacy group is retracting that score amid employee complaints of harassment and discrimination. The penalty marks only the second time in the 16-year history of the CEI that a company’s rating has been suspended. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality  

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Indonesia blocks GIFs on WhatsApp to stop ‘gay pictures’ from being shared.

November 11, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Indonesia blocks GIFs on WhatsApp to stop ‘gay pictures’ from being shared.

Indonesia has blocked GIFs on WhatsApp in an attempt to stop “obscene” images from being shared, including “gay photos”. The country has been seen to be cracking down on LGBT+ people, as earlier this week four people were arrested for posting photos online. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality  

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HRC has released its annual Corporate Equality Index. How did your company do?

November 10, 2017 compassq Comments Off on HRC has released its annual Corporate Equality Index. How did your company do?

THIS YEAR, THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY HAS FACED ALL out assaults on our most fundamental civil rights from the highest levels of government. Basic decency and fairness have been flung out the window, and some of our bedrock American principles are being tested. That is why it is especially remarkable that this year has ushered in a new high watermark in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workplace inclusion. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality      

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Domestic-partner benefits dropped for same-sex marriage and it’s not always a good thing.

November 10, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Domestic-partner benefits dropped for same-sex marriage and it’s not always a good thing.

After the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in 2015, some big companies stopped offering domestic-partner benefits, assuming that committed same-sex couples would just get married. But that’s not the case, says the Human Rights Campaign, which is encouraging firms to offer domestic-partner benefits. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality  

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LGBT workers still face higher unemployment rates.

November 9, 2017 compassq Comments Off on LGBT workers still face higher unemployment rates.

In March, the U.S. Census Bureau announced it would not be collecting data on sexual orientation and gender identity in 2020, a move that LGBTQ advocacy groups decried as a form of erasure. That decision led the social-science company CivicScience, with the support of organizations including the National LGBTQ Task Force, to collect its own survey data through anonymous online polling that’s so far covered over 153,000 respondents, more than 10,000 of whom self-identify as LGBTQ. (The Census Bureau has since reversed course and will now collect the data.) Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality  

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P&G’s new #LoveOverBias Winter Olympics ad spotlights moms of LGBT youth

November 9, 2017 compassq Comments Off on P&G’s new #LoveOverBias Winter Olympics ad spotlights moms of LGBT youth

Keep some tissues handy because Proctor & Gamble has released a new ad for the Winter Olympics and it’s a tearjerker.  The commercial, titled “Thank You, Mom” shines a spotlight on mothers of LGBT youth and is part of P&G’s new campaign #LoveOverBias.Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality  

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Anti-LGBT proposals could hold back some Amazon HQ2 contenders.

November 8, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Anti-LGBT proposals could hold back some Amazon HQ2 contenders.

Hundreds of cities are vying to be Amazon’s second home. But a history of controversial legislation could hold some of them back. Amazon says 238 cities and regions across North America put in bids to become its second headquarters, the company’s largest expansion outside Seattle. The winner gets tens of thousands of jobs and a lift for the local economy. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality