Earlier this week the Supreme Court struck down DOMA and said good by to Proposition 8. This was a plus for diversity and inclusion. For LGBT couples in states where same-sex marriage is legal it’s historic. They are now eligible for over 1,000 Federal benefits, including joint tax returns, and survivor spouse and child social security benefits. For lesbian and gay…
Inclusive Leadership; leveraging diversity and building community with employees and customers I hated my first job. It was selling aluminum siding over the telephone. I didn’t even know what it was, how much aluminum siding actually cost. I didn’t know who owned the company or what happened once a live person showed up at the house of the perspective buyer….
I heard an LGBT activist on television infer that the Democrats who supported gay marriage were more “pure,” than Republicans who support gay marriage. He said that Democrats were more sincere because the only reason previous anti-gay Republicans like Sen. Rob Portman supported gay marriage was because they found out they had kids who were LGBT or had friends that…
A CEO recently complained that his employees were resistant to diversity and any kind of training.I asked him what he meant. He told me that the EEO officer had created a program and no one was signing up. What’s wrong with this picture?1-Diversity management is not the same as affirmative action and shouldn’t be sitting in the same office.2- When…
Jason Collins, NBA player with the Washington Wizards, told the world he was gay in an interview with Sports Illustrated and on Oprah. While there are a few naysayers who are reacting out of petty ignorance and bigotry, support for him has been overwhelmingly positive in the Sports World and from those of us in the outside world.
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