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Contents:

• DOMA NAM
• SHOW YOUR PRI WH A DOMA
• ABOUT DOMAS
• SHOW YOUR PRI WH A DOMA
• IS GOOD – OFFICIAL DOMA LNCH BRGS HISTORIC LGBTQ ONLE REPRENTATN
• SHOW YOUR PRI WH A DOMA
• THE TWELVE OF XMAS 2021
• CELEBRATG LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS DURG PRI MONTH AND BEYONDDIVERSYCATEGORYJUN 14, 2021•6 M READLREN JOYNERCOPY LKSHARE "CELEBRATG LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS DURG PRI MONTH AND BEYOND" ON FACEBOOKSHARE "CELEBRATG LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS DURG PRI MONTH AND BEYOND" ON TWTERSHARE "CELEBRATG LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS DURG PRI MONTH AND BEYOND" ON LKEDINSHARE "CELEBRATG LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS DURG PRI MONTH AND BEYOND" ON PTERTIN 2014, ROBBI KATHERE ANTHONY (WHO GO BY RKA) FELT LIKE SHE HAD NOWHERE TO TURN FOR HELP. SHE HAD JT E OUT AS TRANSGENR AND WAS URGENTLY SEEKG SUPPORT AND ROURC. BUT THE TRADNAL, -PERSON SUPPORT GROUPS WERE A AD END FOR RKA — SHE FOUND THE MEMBERS TO BE UNHELPFUL AND UNKD.THROUGH THE PA OF HER EXPERIENCE, SHE ROLVED TO LEVERAGE THE POWER OF TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE AN ACCSIBLE “STCTN MANUAL” FOR GENR TRANSN.“I KNEW THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS A WAY OF LEVELG GATEKEEPERS,” RKA WROTE A RECENT FAST COMPANY OP-ED. “IF RMATN IS EELY AVAILABLE, THEN PEOPLE N CHOOSE FOR THEMSELV HOW TO ACT ON THAT KNOWLEDGE RATHER THAN FIRST HAVG TO PLAY BY SOMEONE ELSE’S L.”“THERE SIMPLY ISN’T AN ARGUMENT I’VE HEARD THAT N EXPLA HOW MEETG AT ODD HOURS A CHURCH BASEMENT ULD POSSIBLY BE MORE EQUABLE OR ACCSIBLE THAN AN APP THAT N BE DOWNLOAD SENDS OM ANYWHERE THE UNTRY,” SHE ADD.OBSTACL FACG LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS AND CREATORSIN THE PROCS OF LNCHG , A SUE OF MOBILE APPS TO HELP THE TRANSGENR MUNY, RKA EXPERIENCED MORE GATEKEEPG AND MARGALIZATN AS AN ENTREPRENR WHO HAPPENS TO BE TRANS.STCTURAL EQUI AND GATEKEEPERS’ PERSONAL BIAS CREATE FANCIAL STGGL FOR A DISPROPORTNATE NUMBER OF LGBTQ PEOPLE, AND THE EFFECTS ARE PAFULLY EVINT THE WORLD OF BS AND VENTURE PAL.REARCH SHOWS THAT LGBTQ PEOPLE —  PARTICULARLY WOMEN, TRANS DIVIDUALS, AND PEOPLE WH TERSECTNAL INTI — RECEIVE LOWER WAG AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO LIVE POVERTY.A 2020 REPORT OM MCKSEY TAILS HOW THE WORKPLACE FALLS SHORT OF SETTG LGBTQ PEOPLE UP FOR SUCCS.AMPLIFYG SUCCS STORIDPE THE POUNDG EFFECTS OF SYSTEMIC DISCRIMATN, LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS UTILIZE THEIR SURVIVAL SKILLS — HONED OUT OF NECSY — TO SUCCEED AGAST THE ODDS.GODADDY NTU TO AMPLIFY STORI OF LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS WHO SUCCEED. THE PODST, BS CUR, THE POWER OF DIGAL MUNITNS TO TELL STORI THAT WILL SPIRE FUTURE GENERATNS OF LGBTQ PROFSNALS.RKA’S ENAVORS ARE POWERFUL EXAMPL OF HOW TECHNOLOGY N BE ED TO RAISE LGBTQ MUNI. MAK LIFE-SAVG ROURC ACCSIBLE TO TRANS PEOPLE ANYWHERE.BS CUR IS A DIGAL STORYTELLG PLATFORM THAT SPIR LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS TO BE VISIBLE AND MAND A SEAT AT THE TABLE A BS LANDSPE THAT STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO.(IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT TO IMPLY THAT THE STGGL OF TRANS PEOPLE ARE EQUIVALENT TO THE STGGL OF LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS. BOTH ARE VALID, AND BOTH N TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TECHNOLOGY TO HELP PEOPLE THRIVE.)SPEAKG OUT FOR EQUALYCOMPANI ARE SPEAKG OUT AGAST DISCRIMATORY LEGISLATN LIKE NEVER BEFORE. BEE LGBTQ CLIVY IS GOOD FOR BS AND THEIR EMPLOYE, ANTI-LGBTQ LEGISLATN N FLUENCE BS CISN-MAKERS TO STEER CLEAR OF STAT THAT DON’T OFFER EQUAL PROTECTNS TO ALL.THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (HRC) RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT MORE THAN 55 MAJOR U.S. RPORATNS SIGNED ON TO THEIR STATEMENT CRYG 2021’S UNPRECENTED WAVE OF ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN.ADDNALLY, MORE THAN 400 PANI, CLUDG GODADDY, HAVE JOED HRC’S BS COALN FOR THE EQUALY ACT, WHICH ADVOT FOR THE ADOPTN OF FERAL LEGISLATN THAT WOULD PROVI THE SAME BASIC PROTECTNS TO LGBTQ PEOPLE AS ARE PROVID TO OTHER PROTECTED GROUPS UNR FERAL LAW.BREAKG DOWN BARRIERSBS PUBLICLY SUPPORTG LGBTQ EQUALY ARE AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD THE STGGLE FOR EQUALY.BUT FOR BS TO TLY BE ALLI, MORE THAN SPEECH IS NECSARY.BEG A CREDIBLE ALLY TAK MORE THAN PASSIVE AFFILIATN AND RABOW-BECKED MARKETG MPAIGNS. IT REQUIR MEANGFUL EFFORT AND SACRIFICE — ACTNS MT BE TAKEN THAT PROTECT AND UPLIFT LGBTQ PEOPLE.CHANGE STARTS OM WH — BS MT TRANSFORM THEIR WORKPLAC TO BE CLIVE OF LGBTQ MUNI.HIRG LGBTQ PEOPLE AT ALL LEVELS, PAYG PEOPLE EQUABLY, PROVIDG BENEFS TO PARTNERS, FEATURG VISIBLY LGBTQ PEOPLE YEAR-ROUND MARKETG MPAIGNS (NOT JT DURG JUNE), AND AVOIDG BS WH ENTI THAT HARM LGBTQ PEOPLE (OR ANYONE, FOR THAT MATTER) ARE ALL TABLE STAK FOR BEG A RPORATE ALLY.BEYOND THOSE IAL STEPS TO REMOVE THE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS THAT HOLD LGBTQ EMPLOYE BACK, BS SHOULD LOOK FOR WAYS TO DIRECTLY BENEF LGBTQ MUNI OUTSI THE OFFICE.THE DOMA SELF PROVIS A POSIVE EXAMPLE FOR PANI LOOKG TO MAKE A MEANGFUL IMPACT.IN ADDN TO DONATG 20% OF EVERY NEW DOMA REGISTRATN TO LGBTQ NONPROFS, ALSO LNCHED THE FIRST-OF-S-KD RIGHTS PROTECTNS POLICY, PROHIBG HATEFUL AND HARASSG BEHAVR ON THE PLATFORM AND PROVIDG SPECIFIC, ACTNABLE STEPS TO REMOVE GG S OM THE TER.THE UNIQUE POLICI BENEF LGBTQ PEOPLE ONLE AND THE PHYSIL WORLD: THE EXTENSN RAISED OVER $148,000 DURG 2020 FOR S GURAL LGBTQ BENEFICIARI, GLAAD AND CENTERLK.THE RIGHTS PROTECTNS POLICY PROVIS AN EXAMPLE OF MUNY STANDARDS THAT SOCIAL MEDIA PANI PARTICULAR ULD LEARN OM. LEADG LGBTQ RIGHTS ANIZATN (AND .GAY NONPROF BENEFICIARY) GLAAD RECENTLY RELEASED THEIR FIRST SOCIAL MEDIA INX REPORT; THEY FOUND THAT EVERY MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IS “EFFECTIVELY UNSAFE” FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE.GODADDY STANDS WH TO PROMOTE LGBTQ SAFETY AND EQUALY, AND TO SPIRE PHILANTHROPIC GENEROSY WH OUR PANY.WE MATCH OUR EMPLOYEE’S CHARABLE DONATNS AND CREATE EMPLOYEE ROURCE GROUPS LIKE GODADDY UNED, ADDN TO OUR OTHER RPORATE RPONSIBILY IATIV.GODADDY ALSO RECEIVED A PERFECT 100 SRE ON THE HRC’S CORPORATE EQUALY INX FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.INCLN IS IMPORTANT TO WHO WE ARE AS A PANY, AND EVERYONE HERE N BE THEIR THENTIC SELF.NURTURG A CULTURE OF DIVERSY AND CLN IS WOVEN TO OUR FABRIC OF GODADDY.EMPLOYE’ UNIQUE EXPERIENC ENRICH EVERYTHG WE DO. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, DIVERSE TEAMS MAKE BETTER.BY LEARNG ABOUT THE PARTICULAR ISSU THAT LGBTQ PEOPLE BS FACE, THE BS MUNY RECEIV A VALUABLE ROADMAP FOR BREAKG DOWN THOSE BARRIERS — SO THAT THEY WON’T HOLD ANYONE BACK ANYMORE.A MSAGE OF HOPE

DOMA NAM

Fifty years ago New York Cy, the first “Gay Liberatn Day” was anized, markg the first anniversary of the Stonewall uprisg.

LGBTQ people held flags, banners and heads high as they proclaimed that “Gay is Good! This policy disurag homophobic, anti-LGBTQ age, and provis specific remedi for domas that tentnally e to malign or harm LGBTQ dividuals or registry will accept and vtigate plats acrdance wh this policy. Nonprof groups: CenterLk, PFLAG, Gay Gam, Billie Jean Kg Learship Instute, Adam Lambert’s Feel Somethg Foundatn.

SHOW YOUR PRI WH A DOMA

This digal gay library will help te and spire LGBTQ dividuals and alli.

The keepers of “The Library” jo the growg fay of supporters and early adopters that also clu LGBTQ ins like Gee Takei, Billie Jean Kg and Roxane Gay. The gays are takg over! One of the first gay rights activist groups Atralia, CAMP’s ial goal was simply to rpond to media misrmatn.

ABOUT DOMAS

In the early days, gay Atralians ed the term ‘mp’ to intify themselv. This policy disurag homophobic, anti-LGBTQ age, and provis specific remedi for domas that tentnally e to malign or harm LGBTQ dividuals or groups. Happy holiGAYS to all of you om all of at domas.

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SHOW YOUR PRI WH A DOMA

IS GOOD – OFFICIAL DOMA LNCH BRGS HISTORIC LGBTQ ONLE REPRENTATN

SHOW YOUR PRI WH A DOMA

THE TWELVE OF XMAS 2021

CELEBRATG LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS DURG PRI MONTH AND BEYONDDIVERSYCATEGORYJUN 14, 2021•6 M READLREN JOYNERCOPY LKSHARE "CELEBRATG LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS DURG PRI MONTH AND BEYOND" ON FACEBOOKSHARE "CELEBRATG LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS DURG PRI MONTH AND BEYOND" ON TWTERSHARE "CELEBRATG LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS DURG PRI MONTH AND BEYOND" ON LKEDINSHARE "CELEBRATG LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS DURG PRI MONTH AND BEYOND" ON PTERTIN 2014, ROBBI KATHERE ANTHONY (WHO GO BY RKA) FELT LIKE SHE HAD NOWHERE TO TURN FOR HELP. SHE HAD JT E OUT AS TRANSGENR AND WAS URGENTLY SEEKG SUPPORT AND ROURC. BUT THE TRADNAL, -PERSON SUPPORT GROUPS WERE A AD END FOR RKA — SHE FOUND THE MEMBERS TO BE UNHELPFUL AND UNKD.THROUGH THE PA OF HER EXPERIENCE, SHE ROLVED TO LEVERAGE THE POWER OF TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE AN ACCSIBLE “STCTN MANUAL” FOR GENR TRANSN.“I KNEW THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS A WAY OF LEVELG GATEKEEPERS,” RKA WROTE A RECENT FAST COMPANY OP-ED. “IF RMATN IS EELY AVAILABLE, THEN PEOPLE N CHOOSE FOR THEMSELV HOW TO ACT ON THAT KNOWLEDGE RATHER THAN FIRST HAVG TO PLAY BY SOMEONE ELSE’S L.”“THERE SIMPLY ISN’T AN ARGUMENT I’VE HEARD THAT N EXPLA HOW MEETG AT ODD HOURS A CHURCH BASEMENT ULD POSSIBLY BE MORE EQUABLE OR ACCSIBLE THAN AN APP THAT N BE DOWNLOAD SENDS OM ANYWHERE THE UNTRY,” SHE ADD.OBSTACL FACG LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS AND CREATORSIN THE PROCS OF LNCHG , A SUE OF MOBILE APPS TO HELP THE TRANSGENR MUNY, RKA EXPERIENCED MORE GATEKEEPG AND MARGALIZATN AS AN ENTREPRENR WHO HAPPENS TO BE TRANS.STCTURAL EQUI AND GATEKEEPERS’ PERSONAL BIAS CREATE FANCIAL STGGL FOR A DISPROPORTNATE NUMBER OF LGBTQ PEOPLE, AND THE EFFECTS ARE PAFULLY EVINT THE WORLD OF BS AND VENTURE PAL.REARCH SHOWS THAT LGBTQ PEOPLE —  PARTICULARLY WOMEN, TRANS DIVIDUALS, AND PEOPLE WH TERSECTNAL INTI — RECEIVE LOWER WAG AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO LIVE POVERTY.A 2020 REPORT OM MCKSEY TAILS HOW THE WORKPLACE FALLS SHORT OF SETTG LGBTQ PEOPLE UP FOR SUCCS.AMPLIFYG SUCCS STORIDPE THE POUNDG EFFECTS OF SYSTEMIC DISCRIMATN, LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS UTILIZE THEIR SURVIVAL SKILLS — HONED OUT OF NECSY — TO SUCCEED AGAST THE ODDS.GODADDY NTU TO AMPLIFY STORI OF LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS WHO SUCCEED. THE PODST, BS CUR, THE POWER OF DIGAL MUNITNS TO TELL STORI THAT WILL SPIRE FUTURE GENERATNS OF LGBTQ PROFSNALS.RKA’S ENAVORS ARE POWERFUL EXAMPL OF HOW TECHNOLOGY N BE ED TO RAISE LGBTQ MUNI. MAK LIFE-SAVG ROURC ACCSIBLE TO TRANS PEOPLE ANYWHERE.BS CUR IS A DIGAL STORYTELLG PLATFORM THAT SPIR LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS TO BE VISIBLE AND MAND A SEAT AT THE TABLE A BS LANDSPE THAT STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO.(IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT TO IMPLY THAT THE STGGL OF TRANS PEOPLE ARE EQUIVALENT TO THE STGGL OF LGBTQ ENTREPRENRS. BOTH ARE VALID, AND BOTH N TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TECHNOLOGY TO HELP PEOPLE THRIVE.)SPEAKG OUT FOR EQUALYCOMPANI ARE SPEAKG OUT AGAST DISCRIMATORY LEGISLATN LIKE NEVER BEFORE. BEE LGBTQ CLIVY IS GOOD FOR BS AND THEIR EMPLOYE, ANTI-LGBTQ LEGISLATN N FLUENCE BS CISN-MAKERS TO STEER CLEAR OF STAT THAT DON’T OFFER EQUAL PROTECTNS TO ALL.THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (HRC) RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT MORE THAN 55 MAJOR U.S. RPORATNS SIGNED ON TO THEIR STATEMENT CRYG 2021’S UNPRECENTED WAVE OF ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN.ADDNALLY, MORE THAN 400 PANI, CLUDG GODADDY, HAVE JOED HRC’S BS COALN FOR THE EQUALY ACT, WHICH ADVOT FOR THE ADOPTN OF FERAL LEGISLATN THAT WOULD PROVI THE SAME BASIC PROTECTNS TO LGBTQ PEOPLE AS ARE PROVID TO OTHER PROTECTED GROUPS UNR FERAL LAW.BREAKG DOWN BARRIERSBS PUBLICLY SUPPORTG LGBTQ EQUALY ARE AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD THE STGGLE FOR EQUALY.BUT FOR BS TO TLY BE ALLI, MORE THAN SPEECH IS NECSARY.BEG A CREDIBLE ALLY TAK MORE THAN PASSIVE AFFILIATN AND RABOW-BECKED MARKETG MPAIGNS. IT REQUIR MEANGFUL EFFORT AND SACRIFICE — ACTNS MT BE TAKEN THAT PROTECT AND UPLIFT LGBTQ PEOPLE.CHANGE STARTS OM WH — BS MT TRANSFORM THEIR WORKPLAC TO BE CLIVE OF LGBTQ MUNI.HIRG LGBTQ PEOPLE AT ALL LEVELS, PAYG PEOPLE EQUABLY, PROVIDG BENEFS TO PARTNERS, FEATURG VISIBLY LGBTQ PEOPLE YEAR-ROUND MARKETG MPAIGNS (NOT JT DURG JUNE), AND AVOIDG BS WH ENTI THAT HARM LGBTQ PEOPLE (OR ANYONE, FOR THAT MATTER) ARE ALL TABLE STAK FOR BEG A RPORATE ALLY.BEYOND THOSE IAL STEPS TO REMOVE THE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS THAT HOLD LGBTQ EMPLOYE BACK, BS SHOULD LOOK FOR WAYS TO DIRECTLY BENEF LGBTQ MUNI OUTSI THE OFFICE.THE DOMA SELF PROVIS A POSIVE EXAMPLE FOR PANI LOOKG TO MAKE A MEANGFUL IMPACT.IN ADDN TO DONATG 20% OF EVERY NEW DOMA REGISTRATN TO LGBTQ NONPROFS, ALSO LNCHED THE FIRST-OF-S-KD RIGHTS PROTECTNS POLICY, PROHIBG HATEFUL AND HARASSG BEHAVR ON THE PLATFORM AND PROVIDG SPECIFIC, ACTNABLE STEPS TO REMOVE GG S OM THE TER.THE UNIQUE POLICI BENEF LGBTQ PEOPLE ONLE AND THE PHYSIL WORLD: THE EXTENSN RAISED OVER $148,000 DURG 2020 FOR S GURAL LGBTQ BENEFICIARI, GLAAD AND CENTERLK.THE RIGHTS PROTECTNS POLICY PROVIS AN EXAMPLE OF MUNY STANDARDS THAT SOCIAL MEDIA PANI PARTICULAR ULD LEARN OM. LEADG LGBTQ RIGHTS ANIZATN (AND .GAY NONPROF BENEFICIARY) GLAAD RECENTLY RELEASED THEIR FIRST SOCIAL MEDIA INX REPORT; THEY FOUND THAT EVERY MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IS “EFFECTIVELY UNSAFE” FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE.GODADDY STANDS WH TO PROMOTE LGBTQ SAFETY AND EQUALY, AND TO SPIRE PHILANTHROPIC GENEROSY WH OUR PANY.WE MATCH OUR EMPLOYEE’S CHARABLE DONATNS AND CREATE EMPLOYEE ROURCE GROUPS LIKE GODADDY UNED, ADDN TO OUR OTHER RPORATE RPONSIBILY IATIV.GODADDY ALSO RECEIVED A PERFECT 100 SRE ON THE HRC’S CORPORATE EQUALY INX FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.INCLN IS IMPORTANT TO WHO WE ARE AS A PANY, AND EVERYONE HERE N BE THEIR THENTIC SELF.NURTURG A CULTURE OF DIVERSY AND CLN IS WOVEN TO OUR FABRIC OF GODADDY.EMPLOYE’ UNIQUE EXPERIENC ENRICH EVERYTHG WE DO. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, DIVERSE TEAMS MAKE BETTER.BY LEARNG ABOUT THE PARTICULAR ISSU THAT LGBTQ PEOPLE BS FACE, THE BS MUNY RECEIV A VALUABLE ROADMAP FOR BREAKG DOWN THOSE BARRIERS — SO THAT THEY WON’T HOLD ANYONE BACK ANYMORE.A MSAGE OF HOPE