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Adorable gay bears are selling honey and the world swooned.

Rowse Honey breaks the rules by using three bearish men to retell the story of Goldilocks. Unlike so many advertising failures using the LGBT community, this one seems like a win. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality READ MORE HERE: https://www.out.com/popnography/2017/10/25/honey-commercial-reimagines-three-bears-burly-gay-men      

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LGBT focused investing with a new exchange-traded fund.

Socially responsible funds are growing in number and in assets, with the likes of the SPDR SSGA Gender Diversity Index ETF (SHE)gathering steam, with $350 million in assets. The Workplace Equality Portfolio (EQLT), which holds stocks of companies that “support LGBT equality in the workplace,” has $17 million in assets. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality READ MORE HERE: http://www.etf.com/sections/daily-etf-watch/military-lgbt-focus-planned-etfs?nopaging=1

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Dancing With Her, a bridal magazine for lesbian couples.

It’s been years since same-sex marriage has become a reality and up until now, lesbian couples wanting to get married had to read bridal magazines with one eye closed. No longer. Dancing With Her has launched to address the needs of lesbian brides. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality READ MORE HERE: http://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/relationships/a13068299/bridal-magazine-for-lesbian-women/

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Breaking ground on LGBT senior housing in San Francisco.

Work has begun on a new building at 75-95 Laguna St. (at Hermann) that will create 78 units of affordable housing for low-income LGBT seniors. The building, called The Openhouse Community, will rise next to 55 Laguna, where Bob Ross LGBT Senior Center already provides 40 units of housing for LGBT seniors. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #Equality READ MORE HERE: http://hoodline.com/2017/10/new-lgbt-senior-housing-project-breaks-ground-on-laguna-st

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Many bullied LGBT workers forced to leave their jobs.

In a newly released CareerBuilder survey, 40% of LGBT workers said they felt bullied in the workplace — 11 percentage points higher than all workers. And of those who experienced bullying, 41% said it forced them to leave their jobs. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #Equality READ MORE HERE: http://www.hrdive.com/news/careerbuilder-41-of-bullied-lgbt-employees-say-it-made-them-quit/507714/

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LGBT tourism too big to be ignored.

Some of the world’s leading experts on LGBT tourism take to the stage to present the latest industry developments for the LGBT Masterclass at WTM London, hosted for the 14th consecutive year by the leading travel trade LGBT network, ONBC Out Now Business Class. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #Equality READ MORE HERE: https://eturbonews.com/168219/lgbt-tourism-211-billion-annual-travel-industry-lgbt-masterclass-wtm-london

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LGBT bullying in the workplace is still happening.

Workplace harassment has been a big part of the national conversation this past week, and may remain so for some kind to come. For many LGBT Americans, working 9 to 5 means also withstanding harassment. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #Equality READ MORE HERE: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/more-than-half-of-lgbt-workers-face-repeated-bullying-2017-10-19