Real estate listing platform Trulia now provides information on legal LGBT protections for house hunters. The company reports on a new feature: The Local Legal Protections feature, an employee-led idea, helps homebuyers understand the non-discriminat…
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Publix Sued for Firing Gay Employee After He Complained of Homophobic Harassment
Publix grocery stores, which this week responded to outrage over denial of PrEP coverage and accusations it was morally motivated by promising to implement the coverage “as quickly as possible,” is being sued by a gay former employee who…
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Vistaprint CEO Explains ‘Satan Pamphlets’ Mix-Up, Makes Amends with LGBTQ Community
Vistaprint’s CEO and Founder Trynka Shineman and Robert Keane released a long statement yesterday apologizing for the mix-up that made headlines last month in which anti-gay religious pamphlets were sent to a gay couple instead of the wedding p…
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Publix Grocery Chain Says It Will Implement PrEP Coverage in Health Plan ‘As Quickly As Possible’
Publix grocery chain today announced its health plan for employees will expand to cover Truvada use for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) “as quickly as possible” following a report earlier this week that suggested the company might be deny…
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Amazon Must Ensure its ‘PRIME’ Credentials by Keeping its HQ Out of Anti-LGBTQ States
Let me fully disclose a dark secret right at the beginning. I am a gay man who hates to shop. Hate it. Amazon was created for me and I have been a faithful PRIME member for years. In addition, the company has spectacular LGBTQ policies for its employ…
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Amazon Told to Keep HQ Out of 9 U.S. States That Don’t Protect LGBT People
LGBT rights advocates have launched a “No Gay? No Way!” campaign pressuring Amazon to keep its second headquarters out of 9 states which don’t have LGBT nondiscrimination laws. Cities in these states: Austin, Dallas, Nashville, Atla…
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Publix Grocery Chain Denies PrEP to Employees, Some Suspect on Moral Grounds
Publix Grocery chain is denying its employees coverage for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the medication used to prevent HIV transmission. and some suspect it may be on moral grounds. TheBody.com reports: The company’s rejection of what is wi…
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Burger King Introduces ‘Whopper Neutrality’ to Brilliantly Explain Net Neutrality to the Masses: WATCH
Burger King has been turning out some brilliant ads of late. They went viral last year with an ad which highlighted bullying, and now they’ve done it again with Net Neutrality. In an attempt to explain the unfair and undemocratic concept to the…
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Atlanta Gay Bar Owner Authored Racist Facebook Posts Including One Calling Obama the N-Word
Atlanta gay bar Burkhart’s, is facing threats of a boycott after racist Facebook posts from its owner Palmer Marsh, made the rounds on social media. The posts were brought to light by the website WUSSY, which was sent them by a former employee.…
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Get in the Shower with Gus Kenworthy in His New Olympics ‘Head and Shoulders’ Ad: WATCH
Out free skier Gus Kenworthy hoists the LGBT Pride flag in a new commercial for Head & Shoulders shampoo set to air during the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang next month. UPDATE: And news just broke that Kenworthy has official qualified to join th…
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