Wells Fargo
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The LGBTQ community finally starts holding corporate ‘ally’ feet to the fire
Friday, May 26, 2017The National LGBTQ Task Force announced Wells Fargo will no longer be a corporate sponsor, and HRC returned money from Bank of America. -
Pride, consumerism, & the sale of a civil rights movement
Tuesday, May 23, 2017A few years ago, I entered my classroom and was about to introduce that day’s lesson when a large poster pinned to the bulletin board caught my eye. -
HRC rejects $325k donation from Bank of America for supporting discrimination
Monday, May 8, 2017The LGBT rights org is willing to take a hit to protest the banking giant's role in brokering the fake "repeal" of North Carolina's law targeting LGBT people. -
Capital Pride fires executive producer for transphobic blog post
Thursday, April 27, 2017Bryan Pruitt made no secret of his conservative politics, but your toes will curl when you read what he wrote about trans people. -
Charlotte Pride sets new record for attendance: 130,000
Monday, August 22, 2016This was the biggest Pride yet, thanks to out of town marchers and a large local response from LGBTQ allies and HB2 opponents. -
Why is the private prison industry funding LGBT organizations?
Thursday, June 2, 2016All LGBTQ organizations should divest from corporations that are actively benefiting from the caging of our own people in prisons and detention centers. -
Why are pro-equality companies donating to the political party pushing discrimination?
Tuesday, April 19, 2016Why are companies like Coca-Cola supporting the Republican National Convention when the party platform calls for more laws like North Carolina's? -
Wells Fargo lights Charlotte office tower with transgender flag colors
Friday, April 1, 2016Wells Fargo is not only demanding repeal of North Carolina's new anti-LGBT law, they lit the 48-story Duke Energy Center tower in pink, white, and blue for the International Day of Transgender Visibility. -
Franklin Graham urges boycott of LGBT-friendly businesses for promoting ‘moral decay, Godless lifestyle’
Tuesday, June 9, 2015Rev. Franklin Graham is calling for a boycott of gay-friendly businesses, beginning by pulling his ministry’s accounts from Wells Fargo after the bank ran an ad featuring a same-sex couple. -
GLSEN to honor Chaz Bono, Reiners, Rick Welts in annual ‘Respect Awards’
Sunday, September 11, 2011GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, has announced it will honor Chaz Bono, Michele and Rob Reiner, Phoenix Suns President and CEO Rick Welts and the 2011 Student Advocate of the Year at its…
