US companies who have poured money into Pride celebrations have also spent millions of dollars backing politicians that voted against a landmark piece of legislation designed to protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination. The Equality Act passed the…
Coca-Cola has come under fire for refusing to allow people to customise their Pride bottles with the word “lesbian”. The new online customisation tool lets people personalise the glass bottles with their own bespoke labels, including an option with the…
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Apple is putting profits ahead of human decency, compassion, and well-being. A joint report released earlier this week by digital-rights groups Fight for the Future and GreatFire details how the Big Tech…
In an announcement made Thursday by the Alice L. Walton Foundation, named for the daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam and his wife Helen Walton, family members working through the foundation are launching a $1 million fund for groups assisting LGBTQ people…
The chicken sandwich war took a political turn this weekend. After renewed calls were made over social media to boycott Chick-fil-A, Burger King took it as an opportunity to show its solidarity with the LGBTQ community. Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy…
When he was growing up in a small Egyptian town outside Cairo, Omar began feeling sexually attracted to other men. Too afraid to talk to family or friends, he turned to Facebook for help, shielding his identity with a false name…
A growing body of research has in recent years shown that companies promoting gender and racial diversity tend to perform better financially, but fresh analysis out of Finland now provides evidence that the same is true of companies championing LGBT-friendly policies…
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