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Companies dropping DEI will face consequences — 80% of LGBTQ+ adults support boycotts: report

80 percent of LGBTQ+ would boycott a company that rolled back DEI initiatives,including stopping shopping at, utilizing, and/or purchasing its services.

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LGBTQ+ people want to foster or adopt kids, but fear of discrimination stops them (exclusive)

That's among the findings just released from a study by Gallup and the children's charity Kidsave.

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Molson Coors beer company abandons DEI after fringe online conservatives complain

In response to the targeted attacks, the HRC has created an online portal allowing consumers to directly message corporate executives in protest.

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Walmart rolls back DEI & Pride funding after direct pressure from far-right extremist

The nation's largest retailer is the latest company to cave to far-right pressure targeting diversity and equity programs.

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Lowe's Home Improvement abandons DEI after threats from fringe online extremists

Robby Starbuck continues to use his influence to make American workplaces worse.

7 Home Improvement Projects That Might End Your Relationship

Whirlpool

100 years of improving life in the home. Whirlpool Corporation has a long history of support for the LGBT community as the first and only appliance manufacturer to receive a 100 score from the Human Rights Campaign.

Companies dropping DEI will face consequences — 80% of LGBTQ+ adults support boycotts: report

80 percent of LGBTQ+ would boycott a company that rolled back DEI initiatives,including stopping shopping at, utilizing, and/or purchasing its services.

LGBTQ+ people want to foster or adopt kids, but fear of discrimination stops them (exclusive)

That's among the findings just released from a study by Gallup and the children's charity Kidsave.

Molson Coors beer company abandons DEI after fringe online conservatives complain

In response to the targeted attacks, the HRC has created an online portal allowing consumers to directly message corporate executives in protest.

Home Depot Doesn’t Cave to AFA

Hills Star on Taylor Thomass Sexuality

Major companies are ending DEI programs. Here's how an LGBTQ+ group is taking them to task

Molson Coors, Tractor Supply, and others have all cowered to the far-right. The Human Rights Campaign isn't having it. Here's what they are doing.

Former KKK Leader David Duke Banned From Twitter

Twitter is more aggressively tamping down on hate and lies.

Op-ed: 10 Drastic Changes Congress Should Make Now

We've got a long road ahead of us if we want to be seen as completely equal in the eyes of the law.

Walmart rolls back DEI & Pride funding after direct pressure from far-right extremist

The nation's largest retailer is the latest company to cave to far-right pressure targeting diversity and equity programs.

Former Lowe's Employee Sues for Antigay Discrimination

After more than a decade of work at a suburban New York Lowe's, Adam Haimowitz says he was fired in retaliation for testifying in a colleague's 'sex-based harassment' suit.

Gay Couple Harassed at Lowe's

Two men say Lowe's employees yelled gay slurs and threatened to come to their home.

Tax Time Complicated for Same Sex Couples

Professor at Antigay University to Head Juvenile Justice Program

Caren Harp is a professor from the Liberty University School of Law, which is the brainchild of many antigay and anti-transgender legal efforts.

Latinx LGBTQ+ Youth Have High Suicide Risk, Other Challenges: Trevor Project

But support in families and schools reduces this risk as does pride in one's identity, the Trevor Project's new report says.

Oped The Buffalo Stance

These 9 major companies caved to the far right and stopped DEI programs

With the news about Walmart, Ford Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp., and others, it's clear that this is a trend — and it's being driven by right-wing extremists.

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One Star Trek fanatic's proverbial dreams come true when he's asked to play the lover of the captain of the starship Osiris in a new Trek fan series -- albeit one filmed in a 400-square-foot basement.

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Robby Starbuck continues to use his influence to make American workplaces worse.

100 years of improving life in the home. Whirlpool Corporation has a long history of support for the LGBT community as the first and only appliance manufacturer to receive a 100 score from the Human Rights Campaign.

80 percent of LGBTQ+ would boycott a company that rolled back DEI initiatives,including stopping shopping at, utilizing, and/or purchasing its services.

That's among the findings just released from a study by Gallup and the children's charity Kidsave.

In response to the targeted attacks, the HRC has created an online portal allowing consumers to directly message corporate executives in protest.

Molson Coors, Tractor Supply, and others have all cowered to the far-right. The Human Rights Campaign isn't having it. Here's what they are doing.

Twitter is more aggressively tamping down on hate and lies.

We've got a long road ahead of us if we want to be seen as completely equal in the eyes of the law.

The nation's largest retailer is the latest company to cave to far-right pressure targeting diversity and equity programs.

After more than a decade of work at a suburban New York Lowe's, Adam Haimowitz says he was fired in retaliation for testifying in a colleague's 'sex-based harassment' suit.

Two men say Lowe's employees yelled gay slurs and threatened to come to their home.

Caren Harp is a professor from the Liberty University School of Law, which is the brainchild of many antigay and anti-transgender legal efforts.

But support in families and schools reduces this risk as does pride in one's identity, the Trevor Project's new report says.

With the news about Walmart, Ford Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp., and others, it's clear that this is a trend — and it's being driven by right-wing extremists.

One Star Trek fanatic's proverbial dreams come true when he's asked to play the lover of the captain of the starship Osiris in a new Trek fan series -- albeit one filmed in a 400-square-foot basement.