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BofA reimburses ‘gay tax,’ phony survey backfires, all hands on deck in Maryland
Say what you will about Bank of America, but they gave their LGBT employees a pretty remarkable gift this week. A phony anti-gay survey backfires in Washington when voters refuse to fall for discriminatory talking points. Turmoil at Equality California with a surprise resignation, and it’s all hands on deck right now in Maryland.
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Bank of America to reimburse gay couples for additional taxes on healthcare plans
Bank of America, the nation’s largest bank holding company, has announced plans to reimburse gay employees for the additional taxes they pay on same-sex couple healthcare plans.
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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies at 56
Steve Jobs, the iconic American CEO and innovative co-founder of Apple — who many credit with transforming the personal use of technology with products such as the iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTunes, and thee Mac computers — died Wednesday. He was 56.
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Walmart adds gender identity, expression to non-discrimination policy
Walmart — the world’s biggest retailer and the largest private employer in the U.S. — has added gender identity and expression to its non-discrimination policy.
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Advocacy group petitions PayPal to shut down account of anti-gay LaBarbera
Anti-Gay activist Pete LaBarbera, President of the one-man anti-gay operation “Americans For Truth About Homosexuality” (AFTAH), who earned himself a place on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of hate groups, is incensed that LGBTQ advocacy group AllOut.org is demanding PayPal sever its relationship with what it calls an anti-gay hate group.
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‘Amplifier’ awards to honor fair, accurate portrayal of LGBT people in advertising
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) on Friday announced the award recipients for the 2011 GLAAD Amplifier Awards, an annual event honoring those that elevate and promote images in advertising that include fair and accurate representations of the LGBT community.
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Detroit radio personality launches LGBT-friendly daily deals website ‘Gaypon’
A new daily deals website catering to the LGBT community launched on Tuesday, and offers subscribers with daily offers from local and regional businesses who are known to be gay-friendly.
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Apple’s new CEO, Tim Cook, could be the world’s most powerful gay executive
The sudden resignation on Wednesday of Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs paves the way for the ascension of Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, who, upon being named Apple’s new CEO, was hailed by many in the LGBT community as possibly the world’s most powerful gay executive.
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Gay activist calls for boycott of retailers supporting Christian Values Network
San Francisco based gay activist and blogger Roy Steele is organizing, and calling for a nationwide boycott of retailer’s enrolled in the Christian Values Network (CVN) shopping web portal, including Sears, Walmart, Sam’s Club and Target.
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Lambda Legal files suit over homophobic attack at Sizzler restaurant in New York
Lambda Legal on Thursday filed a discrimination lawsuit against a Sizzler Restaurant in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, on behalf a woman who was targeted because “she did not conform to the stereotypes of how a woman should look,” according to the complaint.