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✳️ In the category "Unsurprising News", we see this fact: ✳️ being against inclusion is bad for business Just ask Tesla and Target how their anti-DEI positions are going... www.forbes.com/sites/dougme... #dei

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Judge Ana Reyes issues a scathing ruling against the attempt to ban trans service members in the US military saying “its language is unabashedly demeaning, its policy stigmatizes transgender persons as inherently unfit, and its conclusions bear no relation to fact.” edition.cnn.com/2025/03/18/p...

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🔆 NEWS: A federal judge has blocked Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from military service. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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“I’m not being alarmist. I’m 61 years old. I know gay society very, very well, and I think we’re in the greatest danger I have ever seen. “The threat (after Trump's election in) America…It’s like an evil rising in the west, and it is evil,” Davies said. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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Thank you @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social for making sure people remain informed. This is important, and much appreciated, work. #DEI is not going away. The reasons are simple. It is good for employees, for customers, for shareholders and for business.

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Buckle up — defying court orders is happening now www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Republican lawmakers move to abolish same-sex marriage www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Anyone wanting to learn more on Trans issues can benefit from an enlightening ABC Radio National discussion with trans poet & comedian Alok Vaid-Menon Interviewed by renowned journalist David Marr, this intelligent, amusing & informative listen is time very well spent www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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💥 Costco, Apple and John Deere shareholders have rejected anti-DEI proposals brought by nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research. In yesterday's shareholders meeting at Apple and today at Deere, director from the NCPPR said, 'DEI is out, merit is in.' Shareholders: DEI is in.

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Shareholders & companies know DEI is good for employees & customers — that is good for business. Share prices and profits reflect this reality > > > #inclusion #belonging #dei

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Shareholders and companies know DEI is good for employees and customers — and that is good for business Share prices and profits reflect this reality > > >

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Well said, thank you Jane Fonda

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Apple shareholders voted overwhelmingly to continue supporting DEI initiatives at the company. 97.7% of votes rejected an attempt by anti-DEI activists to force the firm to stop being inclusive. Shareholders know something quite easy to understand: DEI is good for business. #inclusion #dei

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NOW: Apple shareholders strongly rejected an anti- #DEI measure, pushed by anti-inclusion activists. Apple CEO Tim Cook said the firm works within US laws but the firm's strength comes from a culture of "hiring the very best people" so "people with diverse backgrounds & perspectives come together".

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The Kennedy Center, now 'under new management', just cancelled — without explanation — a scheduled performance by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC, accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra

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The EU supports diversity & inclusion, stating: "Everybody in the European Union should be safe and free to be themselves". commission.europa.eu/strategy-and... #dei

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Companies cutting back on #DEI are losing customers as a result: "Americans are changing their shopping habits and even dumping their favorite stores in a backlash against corporations that have shifted their public policies to align with the Trump administration."

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The daughters of one of Target's founders express alarm over the company's rollback of #DEI "By cowering, Target and others are undermining the very principles that have made their companies a success" www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

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REWRITING HISTORY — All references to Trans & other gender diverse people deleted today by National Parks Service on web page for Stonewall Inn national monument What had been "LGBTQ+" now appears only as "LGB" — www.nps.gov/ston/index.htm Trans women were a major part of the Stonewall uprising

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Hating trans people has dangerous real-life consequences www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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This is great news and we would encourage supporting businesses that support us through #DEI inclusion policies. AND then — you should let them know about it !!! This example of how to do that for #Costco is a great place to start — bsky.app/profile/mria...

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87 percent of companies say they'll maintain or augment their DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs in 2025, according to a January study by Resume-dot-org. The list of companies standing firm on DEI is growing every day. www.resume.org/1-in-8-compa...

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Supporting #DEI strengthens businesses and builds more productive teams at work bsky.app/profile/outn...

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The one remaining original member of the Village People threatened to sue people describing YMCA as a 'gay anthem'. Seems more than strange, given the band's origin story

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Marriage equality arrives in Thailand — as it becomes the third Asian country to introduce an equal right to marry.

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It's simple: #DEI strengthens commercial performance. "You cannot argue with the fact that a diverse workforce is better. There's too much business value ..." — Chuck Robbins, CEO of Cisco Systems

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The trans community is comprised of a very small number of people, but they face a disproportionate amount of attention for being targeted.

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The one remaining original member of the Village People, performing at next week's Inauguration events, is reported in an Australian newspaper as not wanting people to refer to the song YMCA as a "gay anthem". Videos below from original 1980 Village People film, 'Can't Stop The Music'. Seem gay?

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On our first day here at 🦋, we built this Out Now Starter Pack with some LGBT+ resources we found here. We plan to update this as relevant users appear on stream. Let us know if you think we should add someone's bsky in to an updated edition! go.bsky.app/EYmWoyu

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For Day 1 we built this Out Now Starter Pack with some LGBT+ resources we found here. go.bsky.app/EYmWoyu

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A lot of accounts asking for followers but we follow back everyone who asks no matter how long it takes us! RT and drop a heart if we still need to get you! 💙

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