My secret: Comg out as a gay elementary prcipal an era of social nservatism

Contents:

• PRCIPAL STEPS UP SUPPORT OF GAY EMPLOYE
• FAMO COMEDIAN GAY FORTUNE FEIMSTER PROUDLY FLNTS MOMENTS WH HER GIRLIEND JACQUELYN SMH
• 12 BIGGT COMPANI WH GAY CEOS
• THE ‘GAY GLASS CEILG’ IS REAL: HERE’S WHY FEME MEN GET OVERLOOKED FOR LEARSHIP ROL, REARCHERS SAY
• CATHOLIC SCHOOL PRINT RIGNS AFTER GAY VICE PRCIPAL'S OTER
• GAY

PRCIPAL STEPS UP SUPPORT OF GAY EMPLOYE

The famoly private Cook me out an say published by Bloomberg 2014, makg him the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 pany. In the say, he wrote: “If hearg that the CEO of Apple is gay n help someone stgglg to e to terms wh who he or she is, or brg fort to anyone who feels alone, or spire people to sist on their equaly, then ’s worth the traoff wh my own privacy. In addn to stillg an LGBTQ+-iendly pany culture, Gente clud a give-back program to raise funds and awarens for the Trevor Project—the world’s largt suici preventn and crisis terventn anizatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng young people.

FAMO COMEDIAN GAY FORTUNE FEIMSTER PROUDLY FLNTS MOMENTS WH HER GIRLIEND JACQUELYN SMH

Ford has been openly gay her whole profsnal reer, tellg CNN, “I ma a cisn long ago to live an thentic life, and if my beg named CEO helps others do the same, that’s a wonrful moment.

GLAAD (Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn) is a media monorg anizatn that is famo for takg a strong stance agast biased and rogatory LGBT reprentatn.

Larry Zimpleman, chief executive officer of the Prcipal Fancial Group, tablished himself as one of the gay muny's rporate alli this week, durg a pany-wi screeng of a vio supportg gay, lbian and transgenr employe and teens. Insurance pani and their CEOs have a reputatn for beg nservative, but Zimpleman dited that he believ the time for visible change has e amid what one gay advocy group has lled a "watershed year" for workplace equaly rporate Ameri.

12 BIGGT COMPANI WH GAY CEOS

Zimpleman, who is chairman of the fluential Fancial Servic Roundtable, spoke durg a screeng of a new "It Gets Better" vio featurg three of his gay, lbian and transgenr workers. "The vio is part of the global "It Gets Better" project, which seeks to rce the elevated suici rate among gay teens via viotaped msag of hope.

For gay Amerins, wh more than 1. Deena Fidas, director of s workplace equaly program, said one of the biggt chang rporate Ameri this year is the number of executive alli actively workg wh their gay employee groups.

Prcipal sred 90 out of a possible 100 on the foundatn's annual rporate equaly x for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr employe; 317 of the 931 pani sctized fared better. It enurag members of the gay muny to post vios about their own experienc to give young people hope. It also enurag what lls "visible alli" to speak out support of the gay employee groups have posted vios om pani such as Yahoo and Wells Fargo, which is the largt private employer the D Mo regn.

THE ‘GAY GLASS CEILG’ IS REAL: HERE’S WHY FEME MEN GET OVERLOOKED FOR LEARSHIP ROL, REARCHERS SAY

Dpe s nservative reputatn, the fancial servic dtry has been active natnally and lolly gay pri paras and other events. Prcipal's public embrace of s gay employe is a far cry om the rporate climate that existed the U. The Prcipal board member and former print of AT&T relled beg approached by Fortune magaze to participate a story about gay executiv and beg advised by an AT&T public relatns staffer to pass up the opportuny to avoid upsettg stakeholrs.

CATHOLIC SCHOOL PRINT RIGNS AFTER GAY VICE PRCIPAL'S OTER

"For the gay and lbian muny, and pecially for our youth, this vio sends a posive msage that life gets better, " Gubbels said.

A 2009 survey by the Iowa Pri Network found that gay high school teens were 56 percent more likely than their straight peers to report nsirg suici.

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The Bullyg Statistics webse timat that gay teens are two or three tim more likely to m suici than other young people — wh nearly a third of all teen suicis havg a sexual inty Moore, whose gay son AJ mted suici July, said she was pleased by Zimpleman's stance and the Prcipal vio. "The Prcipal is a really nservative pany and a force to be reckoned wh the surance world, and 's great to see them supportg the gay and lbian muny, " said Moore, whose son attend Southeast Polk High School.

"Corporate equaly xThe Human Rights Campaign Foundatn's 2014 rporate equaly x measur workplace equaly for gay employe. It rated 932 pani this year on the followg tegori:• Non-discrimatn policy clus sexual orientatn• Non-discrimatn policy clus genr inty and/or exprsn• Domtic partner health surance• Full pary for partners across all other benefs• Transgenr-clive health re verage• Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) anizatnal petency• LGBT employee rource group• Support for LGBT legislatn, marketg, philanthropy, supplier diversyIowa pani:Here are the sr for the four Iowa pani the group looked at this year:• Prcipal Fancial Group: 90• Rockwell Colls: 90• Aegon USA Inc. My secret: I am gay.