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IBM Apologises For Firing A Computing Pioneer For Being Transgender 52 Years Ago

NewsdeskTransgender RightsNovember 20, 2020April 14, 2024

Computing Pioneer Lynn Conway has had an incredible career that lay down the groundwork for smartphones and computers as we know them. However, 52 years ago Conway was fired from IBM for being transgender.

Workplace

A New Symbol of IBM’s Diversity Leadership

NewsdeskWorkplaceJanuary 6, 2017April 21, 2024

IBM is proud of their long-standing commitment to fostering diversity, acceptance and inclusion. They strongly oppose discrimination of any kind toward anyone. IBM firmly stands by all of our employees and strives to attract, retain and grow the very best and brightest diverse talent to fulfil their company’s purpose — to be essential.

USA - LGBTQ Rights

IBM, Oracle, Orbitz, and Symantec Announce Support for Comprehensive Federal LGBT Non-Discrimination

NewsdeskUSA - LGBTQ RightsAugust 6, 2015

Four new major American companies have become the latest to endorse the Equality Act, federal legislation that would establish full, federal equality for all LGBT Americans. In doing so, these leading companies – IBM, Oracle, Orbitz, and Symantec – made clear that they believe all LGBT Americans should have the protections from discrimination in federal law that they deserve.

Workplace

New Stonewall Star Performers ‘take workplace equality to the next level’

LGBTnewswire.euWorkplaceDecember 11, 2014April 21, 2024

Stonewall today launches a new programme to bring together top-performing organisations who have consistently demonstrated exemplary practice to support their lesbian, gay and bisexual staff. The new Stonewall Star Performers – named as Accenture, Barclays, EY, Gentoo, Goldman Sachs, Home Office, IBM and Simmons & Simmons – will lead the development of best practice in Britain and around the world.

World - LGBTQ Rights

Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act Introduced in U.S. House and Senate

LGBTnewswire.euWorld - LGBTQ RightsSeptember 19, 2013May 5, 2018

While the Supreme Court’s decision striking down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act and guidance from the Office of Personnel Management have made clear that federal workers’ same-sex spouses are now eligible for benefits, there are still federal employees who cannot access marriage and thus continue to be denied critical health, retirement and other benefits for their families.

Business

Most gay friendly corporations in the world

NewsdeskBusinessJuly 31, 2009May 25, 2015

The corporations participating in this year’s Index are: AMR (the parent company of American Airlines, Inc. and American Eagle), BT Group, Cisco Systems, The Dow Chemical Company, IBM, ING, Intel, KPMG, Kraft Food, Merck, Novartis, Philips, SAP, TNT and UBS. They represent 1.7 million employees in 227 countries and sales of USD 800 Billion a year.

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