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PBN caught up with Business of Pride career achievement honoree Shannon Smith, a Locations Realtor and partner, on the future of workplace mentorship for Hawaii's LGBTQ community. VIDEO

With Covid-19 serving as a significant impediment to growth, most of the companies on the Business Journal’s list of LGBT-Owned Businesses in Massachusetts saw major disruptions, from shutdowns and furloughs to the lack of in-person interaction that hurt so many other companies.

Following a string of legislation being proposed in the TN legislature that target the LGBT community, Joe Woolley, CEO of the LGBT Chamber of Commerce joins Ben Hall to discuss the ramifications of such bills on the states future economy.

The Bay Area Reporter started out covering gay culture but would go on to do serious journalism in the post-Stonewall era.

Over the past six years, we’ve seen LGBT-owned businesses grow their payrolls and make themselves known in larger numbers. Over the past five months, this same community has weathered the impact coronavirus on their livelihoods.

It was a fitting farewell. LGBT Detroit honored former Between The Lines publishers Susan Horowitz and Jan Stevenson with the agency’s 2021 Women’s

The Gill Foundation — one of the nation’s leading funders of efforts to secure full equality for LGBTQ people — today announced it will match contributions up to $25,000 to protect NYC’s historic Julius’ Bar, which is under threat of closure due to the economic impact of COVID-19. The support is earmarked to support rent and utility costs. The foundation previously made a $20,000 contribution to Julius’ Bar in 2020.

Gay bars survived the AIDS crisis, oppression and recessions, but the pandemic is driving bars out of business nationwide, especially those catering to people of color.

"Being inclusive is so much more than tolerance. It means making sure that the company culture is inclusive, that its policies are inclusive, and that it offers equal visibility to all workers."

LGBTQ bars are more than just a place to get drinks--they're a place to form community and find acceptance. But will these safe havens be able to survive the pandemic?

  Voting for the board of directors of the North Texas LGBT Chamber of Commerce ended Monday, Nov. 16, and President and CEO Tony Vedda has announced the names of new and returning board members. New board members are Ethan Avanzino with Southwest Airlines, Jake Krysiak with Polsinelli PC, Stephen Lewis with Toyota North America, […]

Thammasat Business School (TBS) has taken an initiative to advocate diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the Thai business sector with the launch of “LGBT Inclusive Workplace: A Practical Training for Employers and HR Professionals”.

Currently, there are 34 certified LGBT-owned businesses in Wisconsin.

Philadelphia's diverse chambers of commerce announced on Wednesday a formal partnership in order to form a unified voice in the city on issues impacting small, minority-owned businesses.

Grants of $5,000 each will go to 15 Minneapolis businesses run by people of color who identify as LGBTQ through this year's Minneapolis LGBTQ BIPOC Business Capacity Fund.

After more than 35 years of covering major events like the HIV/AIDS epidemic and writing about diverse communities, Chicago’s main LGBTQ publication is still going strong.

Heineken joined Workplace Pride a few years ago. In 2019 the Employee Resource Group (ERG) HOP was created: Heineken Open & Proud, the LGBT+ network. By 2021, over 1,000 employees are associated with HOP, both from within the LGBT community as well as Allies. 

OUT Georgia Business Alliance is proud to announce Meak Productions, Inc. as the nonprofit chamber’s newest Media Partner, joining a growing lineup of Corporate, Community, Economic, and Media Partners dedicated to advancing Georgia’s LGBTQ+ business community. “Meak Productions, Inc. has a rich history of marketing...

A rebuke from Amazon, Nissan and others comes after the Tennessee Senate approved a bill targeting transgender athletes in high schools.

When the country shut down nearly a year ago due to COVID-19, LGBT-owned businesses joined others in closing their doors. In response, the Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce continues its support for those businesses as they have since 2017.

So far, they’ve interviewed a wide range of groups, from Rude Boy Cookies to a local hair salon, an LGBT advocacy group, and a health care professional. “We were going into lockdown and saying, ‘How can we help our fellow businesses?’ Everybody needs a voice out there and talk about what’s happening,” said Pamm Meyers, one of the podcast hosts.

The Massachusetts LGBT Chamber launched in 2018 to cultivate inclusive relationships to drive economic impact.

An Amazon Alexa Real Estate Voice Marketing and Lead Generation Solution Safely Connecting Buyers with Property Listings in a Pandemic World

Attendees at this year's virtual Chamber annual meeting hear an update on grants to help small businesses amid coronavirus

LGBTQ+ businesses adjust to a new normal while operating during the coronavirus pandemic.