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Phoenix Gay & Lesbian Chamber Released Business Equality Survey

Phoenix Gay & Lesbian Chamber Released Business Equality Survey

PHOENIX (April 15, 2013)--Today the Greater Phoenix Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (GPGLCC) announced the results of its six-month survey measuring how equitably local business treat their Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) employees. Valley businesses with up to 500 employees, government agencies with more than 500 employees and local offices of larger companies were invited to participate. Nineteen employers scored a 100 on the survey and 45 scored an 80 percent or higher. In addition to publishing the results, the GPGLCC has produced a buying guide of companies that embrace diversity.  Read more »

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Apple, Google, Facebook Tell Supreme Court: Gay Marriage Is Good for Business

Apple, Google, Facebook Tell Supreme Court: Gay Marriage Is Good for Business

The biggest tech companies in the world are standing up for same-sex marriage, but not just as a matter of fairness. Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft are just a few of hundreds of companies that have signed on to a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that federal same-sex marriage restrictions hurt their businesses.

In all, 278 companies joined to support the friend-of-the-court filing, among them some of the country’s biggest and most visible. Other tech companies listed as backers of the brief include Adobe, Cisco, eBay, Electronic Arts, Intel, Intuit, Oracle, Twitter and Zynga. Read more »

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To Snag Top Talent, Companies Come Out for Gay Rights

To Snag Top Talent, Companies Come Out for Gay Rights

As they seek to attract and keep top talent, more companies are coming out in support of gay rights.

More than 70 major businesses, nearly 40% of them Fortune 500 firms, made public statements supporting same-sex marriage or opposing gay-marriage bans over the last 18 months, according to a study set to be released Wednesday by the Washington, D.C.-based gay rights advocacy group, Human Rights Campaign. Read more »

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