BUSINESS

Transgender Job Fair aims to shatter ‘The Last Glass Ceiling’.

The organizer of a transgender job fair in Toronto says she hopes the event will open doors and shatter ceilings. “We in the transgender community face hurdles that cisgender people can’t quite fathom,” Toronto transgender activist Biko Beauttah wrote… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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LGBTQ-friendly brokerages ranked (only one falls short).

Every national or super-regional brokerage in the U.S. gets a 100% ranking for inclusiveness toward employees and community members who happen to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning — LGBTQ — except for Raymond James, which received a score of 85%. That’s according to… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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Furniture chain donates to Hurricane Harvey-impacted LGBT community.

Forty LGBTQ and HIV-positive Houstonians were given $10,000 vouchers to roam through a furniture chain’s warehouse Saturday, where a selection of sofas, dining room sets, lamps, decorations, rugs and mattresses had been curated for them as potential replacements for items lost to Harvey’s floodwaters. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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At this unusual startup accelerator, being gay is a prerequisite.

Among the dozens of Bay Area startup accelerators, where entrepreneurs guzzle free coffee and work feverishly on products they hope will change the world, StartOut Growth Lab stands out, thanks to one unusual statistic. Each of the seven startups under its roof has a gay founder… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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Gay Times sacks editor after antisemitic and offensive tweets emerge.

The editor of Gay Times has been sacked for tweeting a series of antisemitic and misogynistic comments as well as using Twitter to attack gay people, homeless people and disabled children. Josh Rivers, the first BME editor of a gay men’s magazine… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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According to the Feds, the rainbow-painted crosswalk in Lexington is a safety hazard.

A rainbow-colored crosswalk honoring the LGBT community in Lexington, Kentucky, is a distracting safety hazard and should be removed, a federal official says. Officials painted the crosswalk at a busy intersection across from the county courthouse earlier this year to… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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Twitter is not happy with all of HRC’s Corporate Equality Index leaders.

According to some very piquant Twitter takes, it’s pretty clear that many in the LGBT community hate that the Human Rights Campaign gave Monsanto a perfect score on its Corporate Equality Index Tuesday. The HRC’s CEI rating grades businesses with 500 full-time employees… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality