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In 1995, at a time when there were very little to no legal protections whatsoever for LGBT employees, studies were being conducted clearly demonstrating the benefits of coming out in the workplace far outweighed the benefits of staying the closet.   For example, people who come out in the workplace tend to rank higher in social well-being and psychological adjustment. More recently, the Harvard Business Review reported that 85% of Fortune 500 companies have protective Read more…

For those who are underrepresented or misrepresented in their political process, there are channels and avenues available to them through which they can have their voice heard and affect change.  But what happens, as is the case with the LGBT community, when misrepresentation is a systematic and historical exclusion from the political process?   In 1980, John Hart Ely published Democracy and Distrust, a work that forever altered public perception of how much protection the Read more…

On Tuesday, January 19th, the Obama Administration announced plans to implement new hospital visitation regulations. These new regulations extend to same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples. Under the new regulations, patients being treated at nearly all hospitals, specifically those that accept Medicare and Medicaid, will now be allowed to make their own decisions as to who has visitation rights and who can make medical decisions on their behalf.   The Secretary of Health Read more…