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1 week ago | 
gaysonoma.com | Everybody's Business |Jo Yurcaba
Everybody's Business/ Features/ Top Stories The organizers of several of the country’s premier Pride celebrations told NBC News they have also lost funding from corporate sponsors this year, to the tune of $200,000 to $350,000 each. For some larger organizations — like those in New York City and San Francisco — the shortage makes up about 10% of their total Pride event budget, while for others, like St. Pete Pride in Florida, it could be about half. Some organizers said past sponsors that are...
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2 weeks ago | 
gaysonoma.com | Everybody's Business |Christopher Wiggins
Everybody's Business/ Features/ Top Stories YouTube quietly scrubbed the phrase “gender identity and expression” from its public-facing hate speech policy earlier this year, prompting concern fromLGBTQ+ advocates who warn the change removes clarity around protections for transgender and nonbinary users. According to the company, there’s no change in policy. However, the altered language occurred between January 29 and February 6, according to archived versions of the policy reviewed by The...
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2 weeks ago | 
gaysonoma.com | Everybody's Business |Donald Padgett
Everybody's Business/ Features/ Top Stories A cisgender woman Walmart employee who says she was verbally assaulted in the female restroom by a man who mistook her for a transgender woman was fired because she reported the incident to the wrong supervisor and created a security risk. Dani Davis, who is queer, took to social media on March 24 and wrote a post about what she said happened while she was at work. The incident occurred on March 14 at the Walmart in Lake City, Florida. She noted she...
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4 weeks ago | 
gaysonoma.com | Everybody's Business |Trudy Ring
Everybody's Business/ Features/ Top Stories Disney shareholders have voted overwhelmingly to continue the company’s participation in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index, which measures businesses’ support for LGBTQ+ causes and on which Disney has consistently received perfect scores. Holders of only 1 percent of shares voted in favor of a right-wing group’s proposal that Disney pull out of the index, according to multiple media outlets,meaning that 99 percent...
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4 weeks ago | 
gaysonoma.com | Gary Carnivele |Everybody's Business
Everybody's Business/ Features/ Top Stories San Francisco Pride Director Suzanne Ford feels both saddened and determined about this year’s plans for the city’s iconic Pride parade. The longtime LGBTQ organization is dealing with the potential loss of $300,000 in corporate sponsorship for its hugely popular annual parade, funding needed ahead of June’s Pride Month. Multiyear sponsors including Comcast, Anheuser-Busch and Diageo have all backed away from participating. “We’re very disappointed....
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1 month ago | 
gaysonoma.com | Gary Carnivele |Everybody's Business
Everybody's Business/ Features/ Top Stories As brands make their decisions to rollback DEI initiatives, and as others maintain or increase diversity efforts, consumers are watching. A new report from Collage – Building Trust in Turbulent Times – examines how Americans are responding. Eighty percent of consumers say trusting a brand is important when making a purchase, and only 40% say brands and companies are trustworthy. Among other aspects, the report finds that: Inclusive marketing is a...
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1 month ago | 
gaysonoma.com | Gary Carnivele |Everybody's Business
Everybody's Business/ Features/ Top Stories NBC News reports: Amazon has announced it will begin streaming “The Apprentice” — the reality TV show famous for boosting Donald Trump’s profile — on its Prime Video service on Monday. It’s the first time the show will be available on a streaming service, and the move highlights the close link between Trump’s time as a reality TV personality and his being elected president twice. The show’s executive producer, Mark Burnett, remains one of his...
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1 month ago | 
gaysonoma.com | Everybody's Business |Christopher Wiggins
Everybody's Business/ Features/ Top Stories Amazon is set to answer explosive claims of severe harassment and discrimination after a judge ruled that an amended lawsuit from a transgenderformer employee could proceed. The case, brought by Ximena Navarrete, a Mexican transgender woman, alleges that she endured relentless abuse while working as a Prime Now shopper in Whole Foods stores across Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Navarrete’s lawsuit, originally filed in 2022, accuses Amazon...
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1 month ago | 
gaysonoma.com | Everybody's Business |Ryan Adamczeski
Everybody's Business/ Features/ Top Stories A disabled college student is speaking out after conservative figures online bullied and mass reported him when he posted about his gender transition. Micah Leroy, who ran the account known as “Disabled Trans Boy” on Instagram, became the subject of a right-wing hate campaign after he posted a video celebrating his double mastectomy, also know as top surgery. The 19-year-old has cerebral palsy, a group of neurological disorders that affect body...
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1 month ago | 
gaysonoma.com | Everybody's Business |Trudy Ring
Everybody's Business/ Features/ Top Stories At a time when many businesses are abandoning their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, Apple and Costco are standing behind theirs. Both are encouraging shareholders to vote against resolutions asking them to reevaluate their commitment to DEI. A shareholder resolution is a means by which those who hold stock in a company can seek to influence the company’s policies. Most are nonbinding and most do not receive a majority vote, as the bulk of...
