OK - Here is a LONG list of Fortune 500 organizations, with non-discrimination policies that include Gender Identity, as provided by the NCTE, at last week's lobby training session here in D.C., which i promised to share with you all.
We all know how it really is out there, and depending on region where you live, individual franchise ownership or management, may differ greatly in terms of their receptivity, but at least the parent companies have instituted protective non-discrimination language into their practices. I do not know more specific than that at this moment. Hopefully or maybe this can or will help someone out there that needs a break.
I would also encourage anyone interested in this organization,(NCTE) to visit their home page, which link i will also paste on this page. It is likely that they can give more definitive information, and of course, simply locate and call the HR director(s) with the individual company that you may be interested in, and see what they have to say about it.
Thanks,
Sincerely,
Maryanne
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1. Advance Auto Parts(Advance Holding)
Roanoke, VA
2. Advanced Micro Devices - Sunnyvale, CA
3. Aetna, Inc. - Hartford, CT
4. Agilent Technologies
5. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Allentown, PA
6. American Express Co. New York, NY
7. AMR Corp.(American Airlines) - Fort Worth, TX
8. Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc., St. Louis MO
9. Aon Corp, Chicago, IL
10. Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA
11. AT&T Inc., San Antonio TX
12. Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge NJ
13. Bank of America Corp, Charlotte NC
14. Bellsouth Corp., Atlant GA
15. Best Buy Co., Inc., Richfield MN
16. Boeing Co., Chicago, IL
17. Borders Group Inc., Ann Arbor, MI
18. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., New York, NY
19. Capital One Financial Corp., McLean, VA
20. CBS Corporation, New York, NY
21. Charles Schwab Corp., San Francisco CA
22. Chevron Corp., San Ramon, CA
23. Chubb Corp., Warren, NJ
24. Cigna Corp., Phila, PA
25. Cisco Systems Inc., San Jose, CA
26. Citigroup Inc., New York, NY
27. Clear Channel Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX
28. Clorox Company, Oakland, CA
29. Coca-Cola Company, Denver, CO
30. Consolidated Edison Co., New York, NY
31. Coors Brewing Co., Denver, CO
32. Corning Inc., Corning, NY
33. Costco Wholesale Corp., Issaquah, WA
34. Countrywide Financial Corp., Calabasas CA
35. Cox Communications Inc., Atlanta GA
36. Cummins. Inc., Columbus IN
37. Dell Inc., Round Rock TX
38. Dominion Resources, Inc., Richmond VA
39. Dow Chemical Co., Midland MI
40. DuPont, Wilmington DE
41. Eastman Kodak, Rochester, NY
42. Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis IN
43. Estee Lauder Companies (love them
), New York NY
44. Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI
45. Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Austin,TX
46. Gap, Inc., San Franciso, CA
47. General Dynamics Corp., Falls Church, VA
48. General Mills, Inc. Minneapolis, MN
49. General Motors Corp., Detroit, MI
50. Goldman Sachs Group, New York, NY
51. Google Inc., Mountain View, CA
52. Harrah's Entertainment Inc., Las Vegas NV
53. Health Net Inc., Woodland Hills, CA
54. Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, CA
55. Hilton Hotels Corp., Beverly Hills CA
56. Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ
57. Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA
58. IBM Corp., Armonk, NY
59. ITT Industries, Inc., White Plains, NY
60. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., New York, NY
61. Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
62. Keyspan Corp., Brooklyn, NY
63. Lehman Brothers Holdings, New York, NY
64. Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco, CA
65. Lexmark Int'l., Lexington, KY
66. Lincoln Nat'l Corp., Philadelphia, PA
67. Liz Claiborne, Inc., New York, NY (another one of my very faves
)
68. Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ
69. Marriott Int'l., Bethesda, MD
70. Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins. Co., Springfield, MA
71. Mattel Inc., El Segundo, CA
72. Mellon Financial Corp., Pittsburgh, PA
73. Merck & Co., Whitehouse Station, NJ
74. Merrill Lynch & Co., New York, NY
75. MetLife, New York, NY
76. Microsoft, Redmond WA
77. Morgan Stanley, New York, NY
78. Motorola, Schaumurg, IL
79. Nationwide Insurance, Columbus, OH
80. NCR Corp. Dayton, OH
81. New York Life Insurance, New York. NY
82. Newell Rubbermaid Inc., Atlanta, GA
83. Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR
84. Nordstrom Inc.,
85. Northrup Grumman, Los Angeles, CA
86. Owens & Minor, Mechanicsville, VA
87. Ownes0Corning, Toledo, OH
88. Pathmark Stores, Carteret, NJ
89. PepsiCo, Purchase, NY
90. Pfizer, Inc. New York, NY
91. PG&E Corp., San Fran., CA
92. Pitney Bowes, Inc., Stamford, CT
93. Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, NJ
94. QUALCOMM Inc., San Diego, CA
95. Raytheon Co., Waltham MA
96. Reynolds American, Inc., Winston Salem, NC
97. Ryder System Inc., Miami, FL
98. Safeway Inc., Pleasanton, CA
99. Schering-Plough Corp., Kenilworth, NJ
100. Sears Holdings Corp., Hoffman Estates, IL
101. Sempra Energy, San Diego, CA
102. Sothwest Airlines, Dallas, TX
103. Sprint/Nextel, Reston, VA
104. Staples, Inc., Framingham, MA
105. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, White Plains, NY
106. State Street Corp., Boston, MA
107. Sun Microsystems Inc., Santa Clara, CA
108. SunTrust Banks, Atlanta, GA
109. Tech Data Corp., Vlearwater, FL
110. Toys 'R' Us, Wayne, NJ
111. U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis, MN
112. Unisys Corp., Blue Bell, PA
113. US Airways Group., Tempe, AZ
114. Viacom Inc., New York, NY
115. Visteon Corp., Van Buren Township, MI
116. Wachovia Corp., Charlottle NC
117. Walgreens Co., Deerfield, IL
118. Walt Disney Co., Burbank, CA
119. Washington Mutual Inc., Seattle, WA
120. Wells Fargo & Co., San Fran., CA
121. WESCO International Inc., Pittsburg, PA
122. Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor, MI
123. Whole Foods Markets Inc., Austin, TX (I worked for them 15 years ago - had a lot of fun there)
124. XEROX Corp., Stamford, CT
125. Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
Best of luck always.
LINK to NCTE Homepage:
http://nctequality.org/default.asp
