Amazon removes 'equity for Black people' and 'LGBTQ+ rights' from company policies
Amazon has quietly removed protections for Black and LGBTQ+ workers from its company policies.
January 13, 2025
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ExxonMobil Finally Updates Worker Protection Policy
After years of lobbying and finally an executive order from the president, ExxonMobil now says it will protect its LGBT employees from discrimination.
January 30, 2015
Louisiana's Next Governor Will Protect LGBT Workers
Governor-elect John Bel Edwards promises to protect LGBT state workers and government contractors from discrimination.
December 2, 2015
REPORT: LGBT Workers Only Have Employment Protections in Half the Country
The Movement Advancement Project's latest report shows not enough states have nondiscrimination ordinances set in place to protect LGBT people at work.
October 28, 2015
Ohio Gov. John Kasich Signs Order Protecting Trans State Workers
It comes in his last month in office.
December 21, 2018
The Kafkaesque Nightmare of Fighting Employment Bias
Since only about half of the U.S. protects gay and bi workers from discrimination -- even less protect trans workers -- filing a complaint in a place without protections can test one's endurance and sanity.
April 25, 2017
Op-ed: Protecting LGBT Workers Means Protecting All Workers
As President Obama's executive order protecting LGBT workers takes effect today, his senior adviser Valerie Jarrett sees it as a civil rights milestone.
April 8, 2015
Will ExxonMobil Finally Protect its LGBT Workers?
Shareholders and leaders of ExxonMobil, recently named to the top position on the Fortune 500, has continuously voted against introducing LGBT-inclusive antidiscrimination policies. Will that finally change this May?
May 22, 2012
Scottsdale Passes Workplace Protections for LGBT City Workers
The Scottsdale, Ariz., city council voted 4-3 Tuesday to include workplace protections for LGBT city employees.
December 6, 2007
Arizona Gov. Issues Executive Order Protecting LGBTQ+ Workers
The move signals that Democrat Katie Hobbs will be a far different governor than her predecessor, Republican Doug Ducey.
January 6, 2023
Kansas Rolls Back LGBT Protections With Stroke of Pen
Kansas governor Sam Brownback issued an executive order that could put the employment of state workers in jeopardy.
February 10, 2015
Handing Trump Another Loss, Court Rules Current Law Protects Gay Workers
The powerful Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said 1964's Civil Rights Act bans discrimination based on sexual orientation.
February 26, 2018
House Committee Shuts Down ENDA for 2014
Another session of Congress will likely end before the House addresses legislation to protect LGBT workers.
December 4, 2014
Bill to Protect GLB Workers Advances Without the T
Democrats on Thursday sent to the full House legislation that would prohibit workplace discrimination against gays, lesbians, and bisexuals, despite bitter complaints from some because transgender workers would not be protected under the bill. Democratic leaders pushed forward the current bill after discovering that including transgender workers in the legislation would cause it to fail in the full House, and promised to try and get additional legislation in the future. ''I believe that the step we are taking today will lay the foundation for passing these additional protections in the future,'' said Democrat George Miller of California, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee.
October 19, 2007
Congressman Says Trump Will Repeal Federal Protections for LGBT Workers
Rep. Steve Russell said that the president-elect has offered "very good assurances" he will repeal Obama's executive orders for nondscrimination by federal contractors.
December 5, 2016
EEOC Rules on LGB Workplace Protections
Although the ruling specifically addressed LGB employees, the ACLU says it applies to transgender workers too.
July 16, 2015
Dallas's Largest Newspaper Urges ExxonMobil to Protect LGBT Employees
Evolve, the Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper says to ExxonMobil.
May 24, 2012