Workplace
New Year’s Resolutions: Human Rights Campaign and Corporate Equality
The non-profit’s evaluation of companies practices spurs hundreds of businesses nationwide to be more accountable to their GLBT employees, while giving consumers tools to make more informed decisions about where they spend their money. For [...]
Skirting the Issues: Gratitude
“You’re so brave.” People have often said that in the two and a half years since I transitioned from male to female. Hearing it is always a mixed bag; yes, it’s ego-feeding, but on the [...]
Corporate Giving: Employee Groups and Contribution Policy
To create a more rounded view of corporate giving, Lavender asked the top Fortune 500 companies in Minnesota about their giving policies. Information has been complied into a graph as well as the following explanations. [...]
Target Boycott Appears To Be Working
When Target Corporation donated $150,000 to the right wing, antigay, MN Forward last year, they were blindsided by the firestorm from outraged shoppers who were more socially conscious than the Target Board seemed to have [...]
Corporations Are People
Target Corporation has been bearing the brunt of scrutiny for their $150,000 donation to MN Forward, a political action committee supporting Republican Tom Emmer, who openly opposes same-sex marriage, while some Twin Cities non-profit organizations [...]
Coming Out At Work
A Demonstration of Pride Some people have referred to coming out on the job as taking a great leap of faith. I think it’s an exceptional demonstration of both courage and common sense. For many [...]
Annie Huidekoper: St. Paul Saints Vice President Shares Her Story
St. Paul Saints Vice President Shares Her Story During the evening rush hour on August 1, 2007, the I-35W Bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed, killing 13 people and injuring 145 others. [...]
ENDA Is Urgently Relevant in the Great Recession
Workplace Discrimination Impacts a Great Number of GLBT People The time following the economic meltdown of 2008 has come to be known as the Great Recession, but GLBT political energy has been focusing on marriage [...]
Transgender in the Workplace
Corporate America’s Last Great Human Rights Issue The workplaces of America long have been laboratories for social experimentation. Social change for minorities—including efforts toward the achievement of civil equality and human rights—often has taken root [...]
