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NATIONAL
HRC Finds Best Places
to Work
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The Human Rights Campaign
Foundation released its annual list of
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the “Best Places to Work for GLBT 1
Equality” Jan. 8.
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A total of 142 companies will use
the “Best Places to Work" seal to distin­
guish their company as a fair-minded
employer. The seal is given to companies
that score a perfect 100 percent on the
HRC Foundation’s Corporate Equality
Index, which measures policies and prac­
tices implemented to promote fairness and equality
in the workplace for sexual minority employees.
“This is our version of the ‘Good Housekeeping
Seal of Approval’ showing that these 142 companies
have a philosophy of inclusion and are committed to
fairness and equality for all Americans,” said Joe
Solmonese, president of HRC. “Whether the seal is
placed on recruiting materials used to attract new
employees or prominently displayed at the entrance
of a company’s store, this seal will act as a welcome
mat for equality.”
The number of corporations designated “Best
Places to Work” went from 101 in 2005 to 142 in
2006. The number scoring a perfect 100 percent
has grown 10-fold in the past four years.
For the first time ever, more than half of Fortune
500 companies now provide equal benefits for their
queer employees’ partners. More than 80 percent of
Fortune 500 companies now have policies in place
that prevent workplace discrimination based on
sexual orientation, and 24 percent include gender
identity.
To see a complete listing of companies that
received the seal, visit www.hrc.org/placestowork.
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CALIFORNIA
Male Yale Singers
Beaten, Harassed
The Human
Rights Campaign has created
a "Best Places to Work for GLBT Equality" seal
for 142 companies.
a concussion and one for cuts and a swollen ankle.
When police arrived, they found approximately 20
people fighting in the street, according to a police
report.
No arrests have been made. The Aziz family has
retained legal representation.
GEORGIA
GSA Claims Victory
A settlement agreement was reached Jan. 10
with officials in White County, Ga., who were
sued after refusing to allow a Gay Straight
Alliance to meet on campus at White County
High School. The club had been trying to meet
since January 2005.
“It’s taken almost two years to get here, but
we’re as determined as we’ve always been to
promote diversity and fight harassment against gay
students at our school. This is really great for every
student that goes to White County High,’’ said
Charlene Hammersen, one of the founders of Peers
Rising In Diverse Education (PRIDE).
The terms of the settlement agreement include
policies for ninth through 12th grades that make it
clear that harassment against queer students is not
permitted on campus. The school has also agreed to
provide its faculty with annual training sessions on
how to deal with and prevent anti-gay harassment.
The case arose when White County High
School announced the elimination of all non-
curricular clubs shortly after the formation of the
GSA. The American Civil Liberties Union
brought a lawsuit against the school district in
February 2006, claiming officials violated the
students’ rights under the federal Equal Access Act,
which requires schools to provide equal treatment
The Baker’s Dozen, an a cappclla all-male
singing group at Yale University, was taunted with
anti-gay slurs, attacked and beaten outside a New
Year’s Eve party in San Francisco.
They were invited to the party as guests of
honor, Reno Rapagnani, a retired San Francisco
police officer whose daughter hosted the party, told
The Associated Press. According to the report, after
the 16 student singers sang “The Star-Spangled
Banner,” a few party­
goers mocked the
singers and hammered
them with anti-gay
remarks. One of the
18-year-old singers,
Sharyar Aziz Jr., suf­
fered a broken jaw.
Rapagnani told
the AP that the party
broke up and that the
singers retreated to a
nearby home where
they were staying
when a group or
young men got out of
a van and jumped
them. After a fight,
two other Yale stu­
Charlene Hammersen, one of the founders of a GSA at White County High
dents received med­
School, called the lawsuit settlement a "great victory."
ical treatment, one for
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