Sentences with phrase «many lgbt»

Another, featuring execs from PayPal and Salesforce, will discuss the role of the tech industry in trying to shape LGBT hiring laws and best practices — especially in states like Indiana and North Carolina, where recent legislation has opened the door even wider for legally permissible discrimination.

Although there is a long history stretching back to the 1990s of legislation aimed at protecting religious minorities, a new batch of bills has cropped up in reaction to state movements to grant LGBT people the right to marry.

In states lacking non-discrimination policies for LGBT people, gay men tend to be penalized most, Klawitter's research indicates, with gay men in same - sex couples earning about 30 percent less than their counterparts in opposite - sex couples.

She also donated over $ 100,000 of plant material and labor for a project to renovate the roof of the LGBT Center on Halsted.

«It's indicative of the progress that LGBT people have made, both in terms of social acceptance so there are more LGBT people willing to live openly, and developments in the law,» she said.

On Tuesday, Mississippi governor Phil Bryant signed legislation known as HB 1523, making it legal for businesses and religious organizations to deny services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in that state.

Mississippi joins North Carolina, whose governor at the end of March signed a similar law preventing the state or any of its locales from adding LGBT people to existing anti-discrimination protections.

«What we want students to know is schools are serious about this, that they have gone out of their way to make sure they have the legal ability to discriminate against LGBT students,» said Sarah Warbelow, the campaign's legal director.

While proponents downplay the impact of their respective laws, economic experts say they are likely to inflict far - ranging damage in those states, not only on LGBT customers and residents, but also on companies that operate there or are considering doing so.

In February, Lieutenant - General Patrick Sanders, Commander Field Army, praised the inclusion of LGBT personnel in the British Army, whom he said made the Army «stronger and more effective.»

Those numbers were notably higher for LGBT respondents, with 81 % seeking increased action from employers generally and 59 % suggesting improvements were possible at their own place of work.

She'd worked on climate change legislation and a national strategy for suicide prevention; she'd been a strong advocate for women's and LGBT rights.

Two - thirds of respondents said Canadian businesses need to do more to make LGBT employees feel welcome, with 48 % believing their own employer needed to make an increased effort.

Two - thirds of respondents feel more could be done to make LGBT employees feel welcome in Canadian companies

While LGBT inclusion has been a winning stance for companies from a marketing standpoint — several major companies made a public showing of support for LGBT rights during the Sochi Olympics earlier this year — the survey results suggest that companies have some work to do to make employees feel welcomed within their workplaces.

«I think the survey overall showed that progress is being made around LGBT issues specifically, and I think it showed there are still more opportunities for organizations to be inclusive.»

For advertisers, working with drag performers can help a brand show LGBT consumers it wants to be part of their community, OutTV COO Danks said.

Variety noted in December that movies screened in Saudi Arabia can expect strong censorship, particularly around scenes which feature sex, LGBT representation, and religious issues.

Skeptics pointed out that, despite Apple CEO Tim Cook's inclusive stance on LGBT rights, Apple's record on hiring non-white, non-male people remains sorely lacking.

For more than a year, she had been pursuing her dream of starting a venture capital fund focused on female, minority, and LGBT entrepreneurs.

Walmart, having earned the coveted No. 1 spot on the Fortune 500 list, has been an outspoken supporter of LGBT rights, especially in its home state of Arkansas.

Produced in association with cable channel OutTV, the spot allowed Starbucks to tap both the large social media following of its stars as well as targeted access to the LGBT customers it was looking to reach:

There is a wave of new venture funds focused on bringing more diversity to Silicon Valley, by investing in women, people of color, or those of the LGBT community.

Millions of people draped in the rainbow hues of LGBT pride turned out for the annual parade through New York streets, two weeks after a deadly mass shooting at a Florida gay nightclub stirred fear and solidarity among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans.

He then alerted college LGBT and women's rights groups to screenings, encouraging them to protest.

Thanks to the Supreme Court's decision to effectively legalize gay marriage, 2015 was a landmark year for the LGBT community.

Working with LGBT communities and allies, to listen and learn what does and doesn't make Mozilla supportive and welcoming.

The LGBT population is about an $ 800 billion market, according to the most recent data from Harris Interactive, and it's an attractive selling opportunity to big brands.

Obama also planned to speak publicly during his visit «to make clear that the country stands with the people of Orlando, stands with the LGBT community in Orlando, as they grieve for their loss,» Earnest said.

«Even if LGBT families aren't more affluent than the average U.S. household, there are enough of them traveling around to constitute a niche.»

They took into account how many new members of the LGBT community moved into each city in 2015, as well as how many «winks» were sent between gay and lesbian matches.

Around 30 percent of LGBT people have planned a major vacation in the last 12 months, according to a Community Marketing & Insights study from 2013.

By some estimates, the global LGBT travel market is close to $ 200 billion annually.

Stolichnaya Vodka has always been, and continues to be, a fervent supporter and friend to the LGBT community.

PrimeAccess worked with Hyatt about eight years ago on its own campaign to get LGBT travelers to stay at its hotels.

The laws have already led to significant violence against the LGBT community in Russia, and anger among LGBT people at home and abroad.

Take LGBT rights.

The hotel chain announced a social media campaign just in time for Gay Pride Month called #lovetravels, with special deals for LGBT people tying the knot, or looking for places to stay for Pride.

In the U.S., the brand's commitment to the LGBT community has been ongoing for years.»

Marriott is hardly in the vanguard of businesses chasing the golden egg of the LGBT community — in fact it seems to rely on some tiresome clichés about LGBT affluence.

Both business voices and Moore's Democratic opponent have said the former judge's extreme views, particularly on LGBT rights, could harm Alabama's already battered economy.

The LGBT population is about an $ 800 billion market, according to the most recent data from Harris Interactive.

She has studied the economic circumstances of the LGBT community for decades.

The firm notably is one of the first companies to successfully pitch the potential of the LGBT market in the 1990s to a Fortune 500 company, AT&T.

«It is not only the risk of alienating their LGBT customers, but people who, generally speaking, believe in fairness and equality, who may or may not be LGBT themselves,» Bagnall says.

A number of Mozillians, including LGBT individuals and allies, have stepped forward to offer guidance and assistance in this.

Here are the states where you can still be fired for being gay because they don't have explicit laws that prevent discrimination against LGBT people in the workplace.

«Gay Voice,» a Chinese - language LGBT non-profit magazine, said on social media that homosexuality is just as normal and should not be treated differently.

Sweet has also received many requests from minority employees to continue the dialogue, as well as some from others asking why their issues — regarding LGBT matters, for example — didn't receive the same treatment.

Zzyym's lawsuit, filed last year by the LGBT rights legal firm Lambda Legal Defense Fund in federal court in Denver, argued that the policy of requiring either a male or female designation on passport applications violated due process and equal protection rights for intersex people.