Sab Blake, manager of Bs Operatns and Herage, reprents a first GM's history as he is one of GM's most notable, openly gay executiv.
Contents:
- COMPANI TOUT GAY RIGHTS DURG PRI, GIVE TO ANTI-LGBT POLICIANS
- HOW BEG BLACK AND GAY RPORATE AMERI SHAPED GENERAL MOTORS’ SAB BLAKE
- CHEVY GAY PRI AD HAS ELECTRIC CAR COMG OUT OF THE CLOSET
COMPANI TOUT GAY RIGHTS DURG PRI, GIVE TO ANTI-LGBT POLICIANS
As LGBTQ Amerins celebrate Pri Month June, pani are exprsg their support for the queer muny -- yet some of those same pani regularly advertise on Fox News, fundg the outlet’s hateful rhetoric and basels misrmatn agast LGBTQ people. Fox News has spent years meang and misrmg about the LGBTQ muny. So far 2021, Fox personali and guts have said that trans people are “a challenge to the perpetuatn of the speci,” lled the Equaly Act “the gay and transsexual supremacy act,” lied that trans athlet petg “spells the stctn of women's sports,” and repeatedly pared bt-practice medil re for trans youth to child abe. In fact, a Media Matters study found that the work aired 86 segments about trans people om January 20, the day Print Joe Bin took office, through March 18 -- verage primarily aimed at attackg bt practice health re for trans youth and trans athlet. Furthermore, Fox aired more segments on trans athlet the first three months of 2021, at 72, than did 2019 and 2020 bed. Fox’s anti-LGBTQ propaganda has helped fuel the rise right-wg attacks on trans people -- cludg discrimatory bills beg nsired and often passed state legislatur across the untry. Media outlets and advot have noted that the attacks have creased 2021 -- which as the GOP seeks to make up ground lost the last electn. Fox News’ leadg advertisers celebratg Pri Month The followg pani which have celebrated Pri Month are also some of Fox News’ leadg advertisers that rema on the work while others flee bee of s toxic programmg, which fuels nspiracy theori, extremism, and attacks on mocracy. In fact, Media Matters and more than 40 nonprofs have penned a letter urgg advertisers to drop Fox and not buy advertisements on the work. * general motors gay pride *
First tomaker to jo the Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce.
Recently joed the Fair and Equal Michigan effort to amend the state’s civil rights law to ver lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr dividuals. Pri flags have been a symbol for the LGBTQ+ muny sce 1977 when Harvey Milk, polician and gay-rights activist, challenged Gilbert Baker, a U.
HOW BEG BLACK AND GAY RPORATE AMERI SHAPED GENERAL MOTORS’ SAB BLAKE
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It’s crazy that this even needs to be said, but all LGBTQ people should boytt the Herage of Pri until they make sure none of the sponsors fund anti-gay legislatn.
So far 2021, Fox personali and guts have said that trans people are “a challenge to the perpetuatn of the speci, ” lled the Equaly Act “the gay and transsexual supremacy act, ” lied that trans athlet petg “spells the stctn of women's sports, ” and repeatedly pared bt-practice medil re for trans youth to child abe. But a growg number of activists and lawmakers are llg those pani out for talkg out of both sis of their mouths when to gay rights. Even as pollg shows more Amerins than ever — 76% acrdg to PRRI — favor laws that would protect lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr Amerins om discrimatn, 2021 is shapg up to be a rerd-breakg year for anti-LGBT legislatn at the state level.
) The Co-Cola Company claims to show s support for the gay muny by dog everythg “om supportg LGBTQI pri paras to nng rabow-lored billboards. But ’s not jt lol lawmakers standg the way of progrs for the gay muny. Praa Jayapal (D-WA) has been highlightg the hypocrisy of those rporatns offerg lip service support of gay rights, while also offerg material support to McConnell.
CHEVY GAY PRI AD HAS ELECTRIC CAR COMG OUT OF THE CLOSET
As Sasha Issenberg, thor of “The Engagement: Ameri’s Quarter-Century Stggle Over Same-Sex Marriage, ” has wrten, gay marriage is legal today bee of siar prsure activists applied more than a ago.
Chevrolet Volt’s full page ad Between The L’ June Pri issue has taken the blogosphere and social works by storm, receivg praise om LGBT and tomobile bloggers, gay prs and even Gee Takei. Amir Iliaifar, blogger for, wrote, “When a r pany along open support of a polarizg subject like homosexualy — as General Motors did wh s lighthearted Chevrolet Volt ad — warrants a gree of rpect and acknowledgment. Supreme Court led June that employers uld not discrimate agast LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer) workers for their sexual orientatn or genr inty.
Beck Bailey, Workplace Equaly Director wh the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), reports that 53% of LGBTQ workers heard jok about lbian or gay people at least once a while, and 20% stayed home om work to avoid discrimatn. Discrimatn affects the LGBTQ muny differently, which explas why some subsets are more likely to intify at work: lbians are the most likely; gay men are send; and transgenr people the least. Michael Pale, a spokperson for FCA, stat, "Gay and Lbian Alliance (GALA) is a long-tablished, thrivg, and active group wh the FCA muny.