All posts tagged "business community"
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Tennessee GOP Wants Drag Queens to Register as “Adult Entertainers”
A Tennessee bill seeking to force drag performers to register as "adult cabaret entertainers" has stalled in committee.
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40 major businesses oppose legislation targeting transgender youth and the LGBTQ community
Apple, Hilton, Microsoft and others say they are "deeply concerned" about legislation targeting LGBTQ people
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More than 200 businesses oppose Arizona’s bill barring trans athletes from girls’ sports
Letter says pursuit of "divisive policies" will damage Arizona's reputation as a business-friendly state
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Businessman Josh Owens becomes Indiana’s first openly gay candidate for governor
Tech CEO could become the first openly gay gubernatorial nominee in Indiana history
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More than 200 businesses file brief with Supreme Court in support of fired LGBTQ workers
Corporations argue that uniform laws prohibiting anti-LGBTQ discrimination are beneficial to their success
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Nearly 180 companies oppose efforts to erase transgender legal protections
Business allies denounce attempt to redefine gender as "fixed, immutable" condition based solely on a person's genitalia
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56 major companies stand up against attempts to erase transgender civil rights protections
Fifty-six major companies are standing in solidarity with members of the nation’s transgender, intersex, and gender-nonconforming communities and expressing their opposition to a Trump administration...
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Companies, celebrities, and students don purple for Spirit Day to combat bullying and harassment
Day is designed to show support for LGBTQ youth and remember victims of suicide caused by bullying
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National LGBTQ business group NGLCC to rebrand and expand mission
The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce is announcing it will change its name to NGLCC and be known as the National LGBT Chamber...
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More than 100 corporations publicly support the Equality Act
Despite support, the bill is likely to stall in a Republican-controlled Congress
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Texas bathroom bill defeated as special session wraps up
LGBTQ groups are breathing a sigh of relief as Texas legislators adjourned their special legislative session without approving a bill that would police which restrooms...
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Texas businesswomen say they’re not props for anti-trans bathroom bill
–Casandra Matej, CEO of Visit San Antonio, speaking at a rally outside the Texas Capitol opposing a trio of proposed “bathroom bills” that would strictly...
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Big Oil and Houston-area corporations oppose Texas’ proposed bathroom bill
In a move that is likely to be ignored and disregarded by most Republican members of the Texas legislature, more than 50 business leaders have...
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Texas CEOs write letter to Republican leaders opposing bathroom bill
Letter sent to governor and other lawmakers before a vote on bathroom bill
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Analysis: “Bathroom bill” gave Texas $225 milllion in “unwanted” news coverage
An analysis by a pro-LGBTQ business coalition finds that Texas lawmakers’ push for a bill restricting transgender access to restrooms has generated almost $225 million...
