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"Taking Pride In Business!"
Happy 4th of July!
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President Honors History Of Modern LGBT
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Civil Rights Movement With Historic Reception At White House
Faith
In America Founder Mitchell Gold, a
longtime civil rights advocate and co-founder
of the nationally known eponymous home
furnishings company, attended a reception on
the afternoon of June 29, 2009 with President
Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at
the White House.
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Mindshare Study Uncovers Huge Potential For Marketing To Growing Gay, Lesbian Population
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The study of 1,452 gay and lesbian respondents between the ages of 18-64 uncovered insights about the media habits, technology ownership and purchasing behaviors of this audience, which represents projected buying power of $835 billion by 2011.
Gays and lesbians are much more likely to
invest in technology than heterosexuals,
according to new research from Mindshare,
especially laptops and digital video recorders.
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GLAAD Announces Project to Combat Homophobia in Virtual Communities
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GLAAD`s Digital Media Program to Hold Panel with Leading Tech Companies
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
(GLAAD),
the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy
organization, today announced a new project
to address homophobia in virtual communities
and educate users on LGBT issues.
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Heard It Through The Grapevine
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One of the first `openly-gay` boutique PR agencies for the $712-billion-per-year LGBT market
When Steven Le Vine, 27, and Stephen J.
Lucin, 26, graduated from college, they
didn't realize that only three years later
they would be running grapeVine
Public Relations, one of the first
"openly-gay"
boutique PR agencies for the
$712-billion-per-year LGBT market, with a
specific focus on representing entertainment
artists, thriving small businesses and
non-profit organizations.
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Men`s Underwear - How a Gay Trend Becomes a Mainstream Fad
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by Stephen J. Lucin
Ever since Calvin Klein's men's underwear ads
were plastered all over Times Square, in
numerous fashion magazines and on television
in the 1990s, fashionable men's underwear has
taken a shift from being associated
predominantly with the gay community and has
found its rightful place within the
mainstream men's market.
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EDGE Publications Appoints William Kapfer as Executive Vice President of Community Marketing
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EDGE Publications, the world's largest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) news and entertainment network, today announced that William Kapfer has joined the company as its new Executive Vice President of Community Marketing.
EDGE
Publications, the world's largest
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT)
news and entertainment network, today
announced that William Kapfer has joined the
company as its new Executive Vice President
of Community Marketing.
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Featured Franchise: One Hour Parties
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A GayFranchise.com Client
We're excited to work with GayFranchise
to help us locate vibrant candidates within
the LBGT community that are as passionate
about One Hour Parties as we are!
As party and event planners, our business is
all about creativity and fun. We pride
ourselves on our unique business concept and
find that our business attracts franchisees
that enjoy a progressive lifestyle and have
an open-minded attitude about their jobs and
careers.
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Gay Man in a Straight Man`s Prison
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Memoir Reveals Author`s Struggles as a Homosexual Both in Society and Behind Bars
Long before he was locked up, Nathaniel Brown
felt imprisoned by society-either controlled
by his domineering stepfather or the stream
of sugar daddies who thought they owned him.
When his addictions caught up with him and he
found himself behind bars, the true struggle
to find himself began. He shares his story in
A Gay Man in a Straight Man's Prison
(published by AuthorHouse).
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Echelon Celebrates 5 Years
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Echelon's free weekly newsletter is now 5 years
old! We would like to thank all of our
readers for their continued support.
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