Jt how far has the real tate dtry e adoptg progrsive polici for the gay and lbian muny?
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* lgbt commercial real estate *
The LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance alced last fall the wake of ntroversi that roiled the Natnal Associatn of Gay and Lbian Real Estate Profsnals (NAGLREP). I lived a very normal childhood, played and loved sports and realized durg my later teen years that I was gay. In a few short years, we have gone om gay to LGBT to LGTBQ and now the “+” sign has been add.
Why God’s name are you promotg a public display of your homosexualy?
Homosexualy punishable by ath some Ain natnsAttu ntrasts wh progrsive stanc on women, refugeA member of the South Ain Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr and Intersex muny Durban, South Ai. “It is not only a matter of equy and fairns to treat lbian and gay clients wh the same profsnal rpect as any others, is also a requirement as a REALTOR®. LGBTQ2+ is an abbreviatn that stands for: lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer (or sometim qutng), and two-spir.
The Natnal Associatn of Gay and Lbian Real Estate Profsnals recently announced the wners of s first Top LGBT+ Agent list, which is the real tate dtry’s first regnn of top-producg LGBT and allied agents and teams natnwi. Here's who ma the cut. * lgbt commercial real estate *
From the January issue: In the early 1990s, gay and lbian profsnals mercial real tate formed a profsnal workg group to help each other fd jobs. That’s bee wasn’t until years later that actually named self — as the Gay Real Estate Group, or GREG — outg self the procs. “It’s not a big al to be gay the real tate bs anymore.
On the surface, exampl abound of real tate players who publicly intify as gay or lbian — om Douglas Elliman power broker Fredrik Eklund postg photos of his hband and their newborn tws on social media to Sente Group’s Veroni Maetti lightg up her inic Flatiron Buildg wh the lors of the pri flag. Unlike women (whose nam and photos obvly often give away their sex) and mori (who n often be intified photos on pany webs), the same is not te for the gay and lbian populatn.
While progrs has clearly been ma sce those early-1990s days — not long after AIDS began tearg through the gay muny — pani have adopted more clive polici. Still, ’s not as though homophobia is nonexistent real tate. “I’m very volved the LGBT nonprof world, so I believe you never make an assumptn about whether someone’s gay or straight or bi or trans.