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Episode 12
Are you working in a closet? Is your workplace safe for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people? Are you an ally for your LGBT coworkers, customers and community? Out & Equal is the pre-eminent national organization devoted to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in the workplace. Out & Equal sponsors the annual Workplace Summit, which provides over 2000 people with information and resources they need to become an out & equal workplace. In addition to regional affiliates across the country, Out & Equal sponsors an LGBT Employee Resource Group Registry to help LGBT employees empower their workplaces with shared ideas and resources. Joining co-hosts Richard Friend and Judy Seidenstein on this episode of Diversity Matters™ are Selisse Berry, Out and Equal’s founding executive director; and Wes Combs, president and co-founder of Witeck-Combs Communications and co-author of the first business book on marketing to the GLBT community entitled "Business Inside Out: Capturing Millions of Brand-Loyal Gay Consumers"
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