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The decision of Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) to let gay couples have Fairy Tale weddings at its Disneyland and Walt Disney World resorts has everything to do with profits and little to do with social policy.

These wedding packages aren't cheap. The $25,000 Magic Kingdom Park wedding deal in Disney World lets people get married with Cinderella's Castle as a backdrop. Guests are transported down Main Street USA via motorized cars. Costumed trumpeters herald the arrival of the couple in a horse-drawn carriage.

Sounds lovely, no?

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Disney lets gays book expensive weddings originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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cyndi lauper at nicole miller fashion showOn the ABC show Brothers and Sisters, one of the main characters (a brother) is gay, and currently dating a soap star. The soap star is keeping his yen for a boyfriend a secret at all costs as he's sure his fans will revolt if he's exposed. I keep wondering if the plotline is a serious examination of daytime television fans and their bigotry or the writers are just poking fun at the ridiculousness of any star in today's climate hiding homosexuality. It seems that many stars have increased their bankability by coming out, from Ellen DeGeneres to her gorgeous girlfriend, Portia de Rossi.

And today, the news that Cyndi Lauper is launching her 'True Colors Music Tour' to support gay and lesbian equality appeared in my inbox and I have to wonder, is Cyndi Lauper gay? (As far as I know, she's not; she's been married to a man for years and they appear happily heterosexual.) Or is her association with the gay audience simply a marketing tool?

Let me start out by saying that (a) I support GBLT rights and only got the news because I had clicked to back gay marriage and (b) I really, really want to go to Cyndi Lauper's tour. But the point is that I've been beginning to wonder if being gay has gone from anachrony to characteristic, and an attractive characteristic at that, kind of like being from a small town in Oklahoma, or being connected in the tabloids with the hottest, youngest actor of the moment.

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Cyndi Lauper on tour for GLBT rights: gay, or just a marketing ploy? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ExxonMobil, says the Human Rights Campaign, is a big zero. A new report out from HRC, the nation's largest lesbian and gay political organization, scores American companies on how well they are reaching out to their gay and lesbian workforce, and ExxonMobil finds itself at the bottom of the list.

According to the report from HRC, companies are scored in handful of areas. For a company to receive a perfect score they must demonstrate that they have policies in place for banning discrimination based on sexual orientation, they must provide partner benefits, offer diversity training, and advertise to the gay community. Several companies that we follow closely on BloggingStocks scored perfect 100's in the report. They include Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F), Apple Computer Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL). Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) came in with an 85 score.

As For ExxonMobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM)... well, the picture isn't so pretty. Exxon managed to be one of only three companies in the report that came in with a score of zero. Why the poor score? The company did not even offer minimal benefits or workplace protection for gay employees. When asked about the report ExxonMobil spokesman Russ Roberts stated that Exxon relied on used the "definition of spouse used in federal legislation, which has the effect of limiting coverage to heterosexual couples," but also added that XOM had in place "written policies [that] prohibit discrimination or harassment for any reason, including sexual orientation." Apparently that wasn't enough to give them any points for good measure. Only two other companies came in with zero scores: Midwestern retailer Meijer Inc. and Plano, Texas-based Perot Systems technology consultants.

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ExxonMobil: NOT a gay-friendly workplace originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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