Month: November 2017

BUSINESS

Marriott takes lead in LGBTQ, multicultural efforts.

November 4, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Marriott takes lead in LGBTQ, multicultural efforts.

Apoorva N. Gandhi performs a critical role for Marriott as its Vice President for Multicultural Affairs. Gandhi oversees the company’s dedication to inclusion, as well as its “respectful outreach to diverse leaders and communities.” In this role, he is tasked with managing many of the company’s stakeholder partnerships and engagement, including people of color, people with disabilities, veterans, Latino/a communities, Asian and Pacific Islanders (including his own Indian community) and LGBTQ stakeholders and leaders. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality Read the full article HERE.  

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No LGBT protections in Arizona Legislature’s new harassment rules.

November 4, 2017 compassq Comments Off on No LGBT protections in Arizona Legislature’s new harassment rules.

When Arizona House Speaker J.D. Mesnard released a new harassment policy this week, members of the Legislature’s LGBT caucus felt something was missing. The policy prohibits workplace discrimination in the Arizona House of Representatives based on someone’s race, age, national origin, religion, sex, disability or veteran status, among others. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality Read the full article HERE.  

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Palm Springs “Gay Pride Week” kicks off.

November 4, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Palm Springs “Gay Pride Week” kicks off.

It’s Greater Palm Springs Pride weekend! The event not only brings in visitors from across the country but it also means a big boom for local businesses. “Now we get a mix of snowbirds, you get a mix of all of these visitors, you get people from Los Angeles and everybody kind of co-mingles quite nicely and it also makes business a little better too,” said Dean Ravine, owner of the Black Book Bar in Palm Springs. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality Read the full article HERE.  

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The Olympics might be getting less LGBT friendly if Russia and Egypt have their way.

November 3, 2017 compassq Comments Off on The Olympics might be getting less LGBT friendly if Russia and Egypt have their way.

Every two years, the United Nations steps in to negotiate the rules for the next Olympics.  The“Olympic Truce Resolution,” is to ensure peace during the Olympics, as well as the week before and after. It’s meant to keep warring countries from fighting at the games. Since 2015, those rules have supported a ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation. Russia and Egypt are both lobbying to remove those protections. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality Read the full article HERE.  

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How Pride became a business — and lost its soul along the way

November 3, 2017 compassq Comments Off on How Pride became a business — and lost its soul along the way

Tim McCaskell remembers the first time businesses were approached to sponsor Toronto Pride. Those early ads in the 1980s “seemed relatively benign,” he says. The first Pride in Toronto was a one-day affair in 1981 full of information, entertainment and speakers — a celebratory space-claiming event after community protests against the Toronto police’s bathhouse raids. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality Read the full article HERE.  

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The LGBT community were pawns in Putin’s divide and conquer social media strategy.

November 3, 2017 compassq Comments Off on The LGBT community were pawns in Putin’s divide and conquer social media strategy.

Social Media giants Facebook, Google, and Twitter are now in Washington in the hot seat for allowing Russia to create discourse during the past presidential election. The LGBT community seems to only be pawn in the game of dividing the country and these social media giants were more than willing to take their money to do so. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality Read the full article HERE.