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2010 Networking Showcase
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Greater San Diego Business Association September 9, 2010 More Info
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Getting To Know You Mixer
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Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce September 22, 2010 More info
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Over 2000 Professionals To Attend Out and Equal Workplace Summit in Los Angeles
Out
& Equal has regional affiliates in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas-Ft.
Worth, Houston, Indiana, Kansas City, New York, the Finger Lakes of New
York, Philadelphia, Portland, Denver, San Francisco, Seattle, Southern
California, St. Louis, and Tampa Bay, all of whom will be represented at
the summit in LA
WHAT: Out & Equal Workplace Advocates will hold
its annual Workplace Summit in Los Angeles, from October 5 to 8, 2010.
At the Summit, human resources professionals, diversity managers,
employee resource group (ERG) leaders and allies will have a wide range
of opportunities to formulate and discuss strategies for commitment to
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality in the workplace.
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NY Governor Paterson Signs Dignity for All Students Act into Law
New York Becomes 10th State to Enact Anti-Bullying Law with LGBT Protections
Governor David Paterson signed the historic Dignity for All Students Act
(DASA) into law, making New York the 10th state to enact an enumerated
anti-bullying law that includes protections based on sexual orientation
and gender identity/expression, which research shows is essential to
addressing anti-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) bullying.
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Republican ploy for redemption
by Mark Segal
Ken Mehlman, former chairman of the Republican National Committee and
co-chair of President George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign, who
ran what was arguably the most hate-filled homophobic campaign in
American political history, came out last week in a slick
public-relations campaign-type interview served up by The Atlantic
magazine. His actions as head of the Republican Party created antigay
laws, including antigay-marriage constitutional amendments in numerous
states, gay baiting, harassment, hate crimes and even LGBT youth
suicides. We have not seen his type since Roy Cohn. This man has no
shame. But that is not the end of the story.
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2010 Census Analysis Of Same-Sex Couples
1 in 7 Not Identified, 30% in Legal Relationships
The Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy
at the UCLA School of Law issued results of a survey showing that while
99% of same-sex couples participated in Census 2010, 1 in 7 same-sex
couples will not be identified as such in Census 2010. In addition,
survey findings also show that 30% of same-sex couples are either
married (14%) or in a civil union or registered domestic partnership
(15%). More than 4 in 10 of those couples in legal relationships do not
live in states that recognize their marriage, civil union, or domestic
partnership.
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