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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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Meanwhile, officials om Bank of Ameri helped negotiate a homophobic bill North Carola that blocked nondiscrimatn laws om gog to effect.
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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. Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfe prid over this year's event, which by cince took place on the same day that Jason Colls of the Natnal Basketball Associatn beme the first active male player a major sport to e nference, and the largely posive reactn to the news om Colls, reflect the extent to which attus about homosexualy and acceptance of openly gay and lbian people have changed the fancial world and cheerful, nametag-filled atmosphere at Out on the Street last week seemed light-years removed om the turn of the century, when workg groups of gay Wall Streeters kept members' nam secret. A top Merrill Lynch analyst at the time told New York Magaze that she didn't know of any gay lleagu her 10, 000-person the LeadBanks still face the ocsnal lawsu for allegedly discrimatg agast gay employe and ctomers.