Long cricized as discrimatory, the policy has prevented many gay and bisexual men om donatg blood. The Food and Dg Admistratn revealed a draft of s new approach on Friday.
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GAY BANKERS, ONCE SILENT, SPEAK OF PROGRS AND HURDL
Big banks have been among the most vol supporters of gay rights the workplace. Many LGBT bankers ld the progrs but say diversy efforts still sometim fall short. * banks and gay *
It also created a Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Alli Workg Group 2006 to tablish iativ for s muni, ctomers, and employe. Jt Nelson, -founr and print of the Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), said a bank n be viewed as supportive of LGBTQ+ nsumers if adher to polici, practic, and servic geared toward the LGBTQ+ muny.
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What's more, mortgag for queer homeowners tend to be slightly higher, stg nsumers thoands of while many stutns claim to be alli to the LGBTQ+ muny, that tends to be rporate pkwashg which his a far more homophobic tth. Meanwhile, officials om Bank of Ameri helped negotiate a homophobic bill North Carola that blocked nondiscrimatn laws om gog to effect.
GAYT PLAC IN NORTH CAROLA FOR 2020
In 1988, the Dallas Gay Alliance started a cred unn for the lol LGBTQ+ muny. The buttoned-up ranks of predomantly straight whe men who n the bankg world are makg more room for their gay and lbian lleagu.
But as is mon wh the dtry's other diversy efforts, this one still falters somewhere between the soarg rhetoric and the on-the-ground the posive si, big banks have ma signifint stris shuttg down the equently overt discrimatn gay and lbian employe once faced, bankers say.
No big-bank chief executiv are openly gay, and rank-and-file bank employe say some gay and lbian workers still hate to e out. Stephanz was speakg on the sil of the third annual "Out on the Street" nference, an event voted to lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr equaly on Wall Street.