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9/23/10
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gaymktgpicCMI Releases 4th Annual LGBT Community Study

CMI`s 4th Annual LGBT Community Survey yields historic 40,000 respondents from over 100 countries; provides marketing and communications insights, while tracking motivations and trends

While more than half of respondents check Facebook daily, the difference between young and old was significant. 81% of younger gay men (age 18-29) check Facebook daily, compared with only 37% of older gay men (age 45-59).

Television and mainstream radio are used on a daily basis less by younger gay men than older gay men. 59% of younger gay men use television daily, compared with 79% of older gay men. 37% use mainstream radio daily, compared with 54% of older gay men.

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nglcc-logo-2010LGBT Commerce Study by NGLCC and CMI

First-ever survey of LGBT-owned companies and LGBT-friendly corporations yields a trove of findings and a roadmap for increasing LGBT-related business-to-business commerce

 A breakthrough survey of over 1,400 LGBT business decision-makers was recently conducted by Community Marketing, Inc. (CMI), an LGBT market research and communications firm based in San Francisco. The report highlights significant opportunities for LGBT-owned firms to grow their business, as well as for large corporations to more easily source LGBT-owned suppliers. The study also showed that the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of CommerceŽ (NGLCC), and local LGBT chambers of commerce have successfully nurtured the growth of LGBT-related business-to-business commerce.


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grindrGRINDR Grows To Over One Million Members In 180 Countries
 
Revolutionary social networking giant crosses the million man mark; launches contests and worldwide celebrations

Grindr, the world's largest all-male mobile location-based networking service, announces that it has reached yet another milestone as its member ranks swell to more than one million.



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Florida Appellate Court Strikes Down Law Barring Gay People From Adopting
 
`This is a giant step toward being able to give our sons the stability and permanency that they are being denied.` 

A Florida appeals court today struck down a state law barring gay people from adopting. The decision affirms an earlier family court ruling in the case that would allow Martin Gill to adopt two foster children he is raising with his partner. The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Florida, which represent Gill in the case, called the decision a victory for the thousands of children waiting to be adopted in Florida.


lgbt prosperLGBT Prosper: Business & Advocacy Working Together


Hailing from rural Montana, Mark Nelson and Bob Marsenich have recently launched LGBT Prosper, a site devoted towards both LGBT equality and business prosperity.
One of the most interesting points of this partnership is that both of these entrepreneurs are non-LGBT. Their passion for equality and justice were the major forces driving their inspiration towards the project.  Additionally, they chose the LGBT community based upon the high level of support that the market gives to one another.


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