Every one of those nine also donated about $1 million or more in the last election cycle to politicians who received a zero on the HRC Congressional scorecard, which the team then brought to the attention of Popular Information. All of them voted to confirm anti-gay members of the Trump cabinet, voted to deny healthcare to transgender troops, and wouldn't sponsor or co-sponsor any legislation in support of LGBTQ rights.Īfter comparing those two lists, Progressive Shopper identified those nine corporations, all of which received a perfect score on the 2018 equality index from HRC. And in the scorecard, HRC gave 228 members of Congress the worst possible score: a zero. The index ranks more than 1,000 companies according to their policies for LGBTQ employees and their public advocacy for LGBTQ causes.
The team at Progressive Shopper created a dataset based on two annual lists compiled by Human Rights Campaign: one called the Corporate Equality Index, the other the HRC Congressional Scorecard. All told, their donations totaled almost $15 million. The companies include familiar names like AT&T, UPS, Comcast, Home Depot and General Electric. Nine of the biggest, most LGBTQ-supportive corporations in America gave about $1 million or more each to anti-gay politicians in the last election cycle. They might be taken down a few days sooner once word gets out about the new report Popular Information worked on with Progressive Shopper. Of course, come next week, the calendar will flip to July, and it's buhbye to all the cute gays, sparkly rainbows and boldly-colored banners flown by big businesses. If you're looking for LGBTQ+ organizations to donate to, check out these incredible charities and groups.Are consumers so gullible as to actually choose to spend their money on a brand with a rainbow?Īs the website Popular Information noted, a survey by Harris Interactive found "approximately two-thirds of LGBT adults, or roughly 66%, would be very or somewhat likely to remain loyal to a company or brand they believed to be supportive of the LGBT community, even when less-supportive competitors offered lower prices or greater convenience."
"Every June, we celebrate the contributions the LGBTQ+ community have made to our nation's past, present, and future - but we must recommit ourselves to doing everything in our power to protect the community from discrimination and harm and deliver full and equal rights to LGBTQ+ Americans," she wrote on June 4. Kamala previously kicked off Pride Month with a poignant post about its significance on Instagram. "There is so much more work to do, and I know we are committed." We need, still, protections around employment and housing," Kamala said, according to NBC Washington. "We need to make sure that our transgender community and our youth are all protected. While there, Kamala delivered a brief speech, advocating for the passing of the Equality Act, which protects LGBTQ+ people from discrimination in the workplace, schools, and other key areas of life. "We need to make sure that our transgender community and our youth are all protected."