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Merck Condemns Boy Scout Gay Ban, Halts Funding

Merck Condemns Boy Scout Gay Ban, Halts Funding

Merck & Co. has stopped donations to the Boy Scouts because of the organization’s ban on gay scout leaders and members.

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Supreme Court to Hear Prop 8, DOMA Cases

Supreme Court to Hear Prop 8, DOMA Cases

The Supreme Court will determine the scope of same-gender marriage in groundbreaking cases it will hear next year.

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Fox Anchor In Trouble After Calling Rachel Maddow ‘Angry Young Man’

Fox Anchor In Trouble After Calling Rachel Maddow ‘Angry Young Man’

Can you get in trouble for making racist, sexist or homophobic comments on Facebook or Twitter? A local Fox news anchor is finding out.

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CEI Index: Twice As Many Top 50 Companies Have 100% Ratings vs. Fortune 500

CEI Index: Twice As Many Top 50 Companies Have 100% Ratings vs. Fortune 500

The Human Rights Campaign’s highly awaited Corporate Equality Index is out, and DiversityInc Top 50 Companies have double the percentage of perfect scores versus the Fortune 500.

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Should You Track Suppliers Owned by LGBT People or People With Disabilities?

Should You Track Suppliers Owned by LGBT People or People With Disabilities?

Why are companies making an effort to track suppliers owned by LGBT people or people with disabilities?

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Diversity Wins: Demographic, Psychographic Shifts Decided Election

Diversity Wins: Demographic, Psychographic Shifts Decided Election

Youth and diversity trumped baby boomers and heterogeneous voting blocks.

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DOMA Rejected by Federal Court in N.Y.

DOMA Rejected by Federal Court in N.Y.

A New York federal appeals court has rejected the federal Defense of Marriage Act. The Supreme Court will have the final say on this later this term.

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Gay-Cure Ban Stops ‘Quackery’ Therapy

Gay-Cure Ban Stops ‘Quackery’ Therapy

California’s legislation is the first to protect LGBT youth from damaging mental-health treatments.

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7 Things NEVER to Say to LGBT Coworkers

7 Things NEVER to Say to LGBT Coworkers

Do you have a coworker who just recently came out of the closet? Here’s what leading experts from PwC and GLSEN suggest you SHOULDN’T say.

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Same-Gender Financial Crisis? You Must Watch This

Same-Gender Financial Crisis? You Must Watch This

From marriage to children to death benefits, what do gay and lesbian couples need to know?

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Chick-fil-A Caves on Funding Anti-Gay Groups but Is It Enough?

Chick-fil-A Caves on Funding Anti-Gay Groups but Is It Enough?

What’s that noise of grinding gears? Chick-fil-A reversed its anti-gay agenda. What will happen as the company presents a two-faced approach to consumers?

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Romney Brings Marriage Inequality to Breakfast

Mitt Romney told a gay Vietnam war veteran that he wants to repeal the same-sex-marriage law in New Hampshire.

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Where’s the Pipeline of LGBT Talent? Why We Need to Support Gay Youth

Where’s the Pipeline of LGBT Talent? Why We Need to Support Gay Youth

How do you help LGBT students overcome bullying?

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Virginia Swim Club Backs Down After Gay Couple Sues

Virginia Swim Club Backs Down After Gay Couple Sues

Does the more LGBT-friendly “household membership” option at a Virginia swim club mean a discrimination lawsuit will be dropped? Or is it just “separate but equal”?

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Real Diversity Leadership: CEOs of E&Y, AT&T on Boy Scout Gay Ban

Real Diversity Leadership: CEOs of E&Y, AT&T on Boy Scout Gay Ban

Diversity leadership is displayed by two CEOs supporting diversity in response to the Boy Scouts’ ban on gay leaders. Both are on the scouts’ executive board.

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