In an exclusive interview with DiversityInc, Aetna President Mark Bertolini discusses the impact of healthcare costs on the economy and long-term solutions through personal responsibility. Find out what this industry leader suggests.

The threat of homophobia has recently become a growing obstacle for HIV and AIDS prevention efforts in African countries. Read more about how one organization, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, and gay communities throughout Africa are making strides despite living in a climate of fear.

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 26, 2010 Contact: Paul DeMiglio (202) 621-5408 or pdemiglio@sldn.org SLDN Launches Online Campaign to Help Build Momentum for Repeal “Stories from the Frontlines: Letters to President Barack Obama” begins today www.sldn.org/letters WASHINGTON, D.C. — Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a national, legal services and policy [...]

Hundreds of thousands of students at middle schools, high schools and colleges will participate in GLSEN’s 15th annual Day of Silence this Friday, April 16, by taking some form of a vow of silence to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment. Read more here.

Rutgers University is raising pledges to permanently endow a fund that awards LGBT-inclusive student leaders. Learn more here.

During DiversityInc’s learning event in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Navy was named one of The 2010 DiversityInc Top Federal Agencies for Diversity. Listen as the U.S. Navy’s Capt. Ken Barrett explains how he and other military leaders significantly moved this organization’s diversity efforts to the next level.

Dr. Claude Steele, Stanford University School of Education dean, former provost of Columbia University and recognized leader in the field of social psychology, tells an audience at DiversityInc’s March event how negative stereotypes hinder workplace diversity, perpetuate the achievement gap between Blacks/whites and limit talent potential. View excerpts of his talk here.

Diego Sanchez is the first openly transgender person hired for a senior congressional position on Capitol Hill. As an aide to Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., Sanchez focuses on healthcare reform and employment-discrimination issues. He is also making even larger strides as a gender-identity pioneer in his field.

In this edition of “Ask the White Guy,” DiversityInc CEO Luke Visconti addresses a reader’s inquiry about how to foster successful diversity management.

In a landmark case for transgender rights, the IRS must now allow transgender people to write off medical services related to gender-reassignment surgery. Find out more here.

In this Ask the White Guy update, Luke Visconti responds to one reader’s comment on Obama’s recent appointment of an openly transgender political appointee. See why he says diversity training is a must for your business to succeed.

Once again, President Barack Obama has promised to end “don’t ask, don’t tell” and once again, there’s no course of action and no deadline.

What are the financial consequences of healthcare reform? DiversityInc’s CEO refutes a reader’s claims.

We’re reaching a crossroads in the way our country treats its LGBT citizens. The dominos are starting to fall.

One reader, a teacher, says she never learned how to deal with LGBT issues in the classroom. But the White Guy says despite this, perceptions of LGBTs are improving and have been improving significantly since 1997.