LGBTQ Business Articles and Stories

Most LGBTQ Americans Love Having Cops And Corporations In Pride Parades
Whitman Insight Strategies and BuzzFeed News did a national poll for pride — LGBTQ people overestimate their share of the population and say Instagram is making them sad.
June 26, 2019

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Gen Z Is Shaking Up Gender Norms, and Brands Need to Be Dialed In as Priorities Shift
Opinion: Take note from younger generations while creating campaigns.
June 26, 2019

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Big Gay Ice Cream Cofounder on Growing His Business
Big Gay Ice Cream has grown from an ice cream truck to brick-and-mortar locations to now having a full retail line in stores on both coasts.
June 24, 2019

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VIDEO: LGBTQ-Themed Ads Are Everywhere. But It Hasn’t Always Been This Way

In 2019, LGBTQ-themed ads are all over the place. And they’re now more diverse than ever. WSJ’s Spencer Macnaughton takes a look at how these ads have evolved over the last five decades.
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June 18, 2019

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First National Network of Independent Multicultural and LGBTQ Public Relations Firms Launches
The first national network of independent, inclusive public relations and marketing firms launches today aiming to change the way the industry communicates to, for and with multicultural and LGBTQ communities. The Change Agencies is the first-of-its-kind national collective of PR firms to offer inclusive communications services to effectively represent, engage and connect with African American, As...
June 14, 2019

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How LGBT owners boost chances to win big business contracts
A growing number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender business owners are seeking certification that helps them get contracts with big companies that have supplier diversity and inclusion programs
June 06, 2019

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Is PR making the grade when it comes to LGBTQ acceptance?
On June 6, in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, the PR Museum is holding a panel discussion called The LGBTQ Experience in Public Relations: Stories that Shaped Our Profession, Our Values and Our Future. The event, along with the numerous others examining issues of diversity and inclusion, begs the question: Is the PR industry as LGBTQ-friendly as some might assume? P...
June 05, 2019

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How MeUndies is aligning itself with cultural moments like Pride

Developing collections around popular events has become a significant strategy for MeUndies in 2019.
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June 04, 2019

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LGBTQ Week NYC 2019 Right Around The Corner
With all of the excitement coming to New York City in 2019 with World Pride and the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall, we are pleased to announce that LGBT Week NYC will be held June 17-28, 2019, over a 2-week period, as an official partner of #WorldPride2019!
May 30, 2019

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Gillette lauded for groundbreaking transgender ad that champions gender inclusivity
After hitting headlines in January over its toxic masculinity ad, Gillette is tackling gender once again as it swears to embrace and promote inclusive representations of gender in #MyBestSelf campaign.
May 27, 2019

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#ILOVEGAY a conversation with Matt Skallerud from Pink Banana Media
In this episode we discussed about the importance of technology and social media in accelerating the message of acceptance, the role #ILoveGay have played in LGBTQ travel and tourism space.
May 20, 2019

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GreetGay - A Revolutionary Travel App
How good would it be to have personalized recommendations of places to stay and things to do delivered to your phone when you’re traveling? Don’t just rely on the usual websites offering you the standard tourist advice… get GreetGay, a new travel app that has been created to help you navigate great accommodation and services …
May 20, 2019

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Barilla Pasta’s Turnaround From Homophobia to National Pride
After chairman Guido Barilla rebuked gay families on national radio, his CEO spent five years cleaning up the company’s reputation.
May 15, 2019

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Stoli® Vodka Introduces "Spirit of Stonewall" Limited Edition Bottle in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall Uprising
New York City
May 08, 2019

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Absolut marketer Michel Roux leaves a legacy of bottles, branding and actual art
The liquor icon died at age 78, but his work with artists like Andy Warhol and Keith Haring lives on.
May 06, 2019

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LGBT Households are Now Nielsen Families, and Advertisers and Producers Get a Valuable Tool
“Game of Thrones” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” are especially popular among the newly counted group. At the other end of the spectrum, there’s “Hannity.” The No. 1 show? “The Conners.”
May 06, 2019

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LGBT Meeting Professionals Association Announce Research Results Showing Membership’s Rising Impact
Today the LGBT Meeting Professionals Association (LGBT MPA) announce the results of independent research revealing the make-up of the organization’s growing membership and its projected financial and industry impact.
April 30, 2019

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Our Pink Banana Media Partner: Brkthru Digital

Over the years, we've had the opportunity to work with some incredible partners along the way. In the world of programmatic, digital ad buying, we were doing this in-house successfully for a number of...
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April 25, 2019

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Podcast: How Accenture improves LGBT diversity
This foreword of the CMI’s Delivering Diversity report was written by Pavita Cooper, chair of the research advisory board and founder of executive search firm More Difference. The advances Cooper refers to reflect greater awareness of diversity issues such as gender and race in recent years. But business is acting on LGBT equality too.
April 18, 2019

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BTL Hosts National LGBT Publishers
Publishers of the 12 largest LGBT newspapers in America met in Detroit on April 10 and 11 for the annual meeting of the National LGBTQ Media Association. Jan Stevenson and Susan Horowitz, co-publishers of member paper Between The Lines, hosted the two-day gathering.
April 17, 2019

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Ralph Lauren features a same-sex couple in a campaign
Ralph Lauren is trying to attract new generations of consumers by including a more diverse range of people in its campaign.
March 31, 2019

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Wells Fargo collaborates with an alliance of diverse chambers of commerce on new Chamber Leadership Development Program
Today an alliance of diverse chambers of commerce, in collaboration with Wells Fargo, launched a new Chamber Leadership Development Program to support diverse entrepreneurs in the U.S. The alliance includes the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Black Chambers Inc., the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation.
March 27, 2019

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Local Lady Leaders: Q&A with SmarterTravel GM Sarah Hodkinson
Sarah explains how she’s dealt with discrimination, who has inspired her career, and what International Women’s Day represents to her.
March 11, 2019

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CEO Access for LGBTQ businesses create connections and profits
Marc Coleman is a Philadelphia success story by any means. He grew up in North Philadelphia and went to high school in Willingboro, N.J. From there, it was on to Princeton and Temple universities. Today, his digital agency The Tactile Group has 20 employees and he hopes to hire five more by the end of this year.
March 11, 2019

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