Posted on Advocate.com October 08, 2010
The Outie Awards
By Andrew Harmon
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/08/The_Outie_Awards/ (http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/08/The_Outie_Awards/)
Dow Chemical, Clorox, and IBM were among the big winners Thursday evening at the 2010 Out & Equal Workplace Summit's Outie Awards, recognizing achievement in progressive business initiatives for LGBT employees.
The Los Angeles event drew more than 2,000 attendees representing Fortune 500 companies including Citibank, Xerox, and Wells Fargo as well as federal agencies.
With prospects for a federal law to protect gays and lesbians against workplace discrimination becoming increasingly dim in the near future, panelists discussed methods of strengthening their own health coverage for LGBT workers and company nondiscrimination policies, particularly for corporations with global reach.