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Administration Adds Gender Identity To Equal Employment Opportunity Policies

Policy Marks First Time Transgender Individuals Are Explicitly Protected In Federal Employment

Beginning in 2010, the Obama administration, through the Office of Personnel Management, has started to list gender identity among the classes protected by federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policies. By including gender identity as a protected class, the federal government is stating its commitment to protecting transgender employees and has taken a significant step toward ending employment discrimination of LGBT people in the federal workforce.
 


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Time Warner to Receive Greater New York Human Rights Campaign Equality Award

Time Warner was chosen for the honor based on its strong and ongoing commitment to its LGBT employees and the LGBT community at large.

The Greater New York Steering Committee of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, announced today that Time Warner Inc. will receive the 2010 Corporate Equality Award in honor of their commitment to equality for LGBT employees, consumers, and investors.  The award will be presented at the 2010 Greater New York Gala Dinner which will take place on February 6, 2010 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
 

passportPassport Magazine Posts Record Ad Revenue, Increases Frequency, Expands Multimedia Content

Hetero-Friendly` Gay Travel Magazine Serves Lucrative LGBT Niche Market.


Passport, the "Hetero-Friendly Gay Travel Magazine," has bucked a trend in the world of publishing by announcing that 2009 was a banner year for advertising sales. Passport will also expand its frequency from eight to nine issues per year and is expanding its multimedia online content.
Marriottgaytravel.Com Launches 

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Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR) announced today the launch of www.marriottgaytravel.com. By spring, the site also will be available in four additional languages - Spanish, Portuguese, German and French.

Like marriott.com, the site will offer new hotel openings, destinations and ongoing deals and promotions beginning with Marriott's Global Rate Break - 20 percent off weekend stays (Thursday - Sunday) at participating hotels around the world now through Jan 22nd. Select resorts in the Caribbean, Latin America and Hawaii are offering up to 40 percent off while others are extending the room rate promotion seven days a week. Insert promotional code F5X for hotel availability for travel Jan. 22 through March 21, 2010.

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AIDS Project Los Angeles Lauds Proposal for Full Funding of State`s AIDS Drug Assistance Program

In Initial Proposal, California Governor Avoids Major Cuts to Life-sustaining Program for Low-income Californians

AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) today praised Governor Schwarzenegger's decision to meet rising demand for the state's life-saving AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) with an $87.5 million general funds increase, despite California's ongoing budget crisis.

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