Number of gay-friendly U.S. companies growing: study

By Ellen WulfhorstNEW YORK - A record number of U.S. companies are trying to be gay-friendly, according to a survey released on Tuesday showing a growing number offering benefits and protections to gay and ...

[rdg1234]

yay

[Ron Vermont]

Things are getting better slow but sure. So where is the list of those company's?

[Edward F Styborski]

Me and my two sons will stop buying Exxon Mobil gas immediately.

[rdg1234]

I wouldn't in the past have *necessarily* advocated such a thing, but I'm beginning to applaud it recently (e.g., not buying from exxon). Vicious, hateful anti-gay groups are attempting to boycott companies which are *pro-gay*, so perhaps those companies need their eyes opened wide before they *willfully join in* the patent hatred.

[Inquisitarian]

Ron Vermont wrote:

Things are getting better slow but sure. So where is the list of those company's?

Try the HRC web site. They published a list while back. Here's the worst offenders, compiled from that list:

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Aegon USA (Transamerica)

AG Edwards

Alltel

American International Group

American President Lines

AutoZone

Avnet

Bayer (Aleve, Alka-Seltzer, Femstat 3, Flintstones Vitamins, Midol, One-A-Day)

BB&T

Circuit City

Cracker Barrel Restaurants

Dow Jones (Barrons, Wall Street Journal)

Emerson

Exxon Mobile (Mobile used to be good, but they were forced to eliminate policies friendly to gay employees when Exxon took them over)

Fisher Scientific International

Franklin Templeton Investments

Hain Celestial (Celestial Seasonings, Rice Dream, Soy Dream)

HEB Grocery

H J Heinz (Classico, Smart Ones)

Kmart

Marsh & McLennan Companies

Maytag (Amana, Hoover, Jenn-Air, Magic Chef, Performa)

Meijer

Morningstar

Navistar International

Nestlé Purina (Alpo, Fancy Feast, Friskies. Nestlé is just bad news, period)

Newell Rubbermaid (Ace, Calphalon, Goody, Graco, Irwin, Lenox, Little Tikes, Paper Mate, Rubbermaid, Sanford, Sharpie, Shurline)

Nissan North America (Infiniti)

Radio Shack

Rite Aid

RR Donnelley & Sons

Shaw Industries

[KIckball Jock]

Surprisingly, Wal-Mart is not on that list. Not only has there treatment of GLBT employees been horrendous, their treatment of ALL their employees is disgraceful.

And if you look at all the anti-gay boycotts that have been held in the last 15 years, not one of them has been successful. The christian lifestyle choice extremists have failed with Disney, Ford (twice), etc. But GLBT boycotts have managed to change minds at FORD, Home Depot, Proctor & Gamble, sponsors of Dr. Laura's former TV and radio show, and the list goes on.

And again, only one company has ever reversed its decision (and really it was that Exxon told Mobile that they couldn't continue once they bought them out...), so who's side does the trend favor??

I mean, who are YOU going to market to?$641 billion (to be $1 Trillion by 2015) or uber-religious fanatics that can barely feed their six children?? Hmmmm...

[Richard Ruffner]

Where can one find the complete or at least a partial list of these gay-friendly companies?

[Inquisitarian]

Richard Ruffner wrote:

Where can one find the complete or at least a partial list of these gay-friendly companies?

http://www.hrc.org/Template.cfm...

It's a list of both the good and bad, rated on a scale with '100' being the best.

[charles]

you guys are losers

[Trans Euro Express]

Just as long as I'm not sitting around and watching to Gay men enjoying an Armor Hot Dog.. Thats all that counts... wait, actually they would be kind of funny.

[rdg1234]

If people understood the principle of self-referentiality, I think some would tape their own mouths shut.