Another year, another 100%

Posted September 2nd, 2008 at 3:00 pm by Laurie Briggs, Yahoo! Pride

 10 Comments / Filed in: Working at Yahoo!

Today, the Human Rights Campaign — the country’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality — released its seventh annual Corporate Equality Index, which evaluates businesses on a scale from 0 to 100 percent on their treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees, consumers and investors.

For the second year in a row, Yahoo! received a perfect 100% rating.

We are thrilled about receiving another 100% rating from HRC. It is proof, once again, that Yahoo! is committed to maintaining a diverse workforce. To see the full report, click here.

And as all Yahoos know, our commitment doesn’t stop at the edge of our campuses. Our tens of millions of LGBT consumers around the world are extraordinarily important to us and we are constantly seeking ways to enhance their experiences on pride.yahoo.com and across our entire network.

This year, 259 major U.S. companies earned a 100%, up from 195 last year –- an increase of one third. We are pleased to be a part of this large –- and growing –- group of companies, and would like to congratulate all the other companies who scored the top ranking from HRC.

Laurie Briggs
Co-chair of Yahoo! Pride

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ahmed-h | September 3rd, 2008 at 6:52 pm

I am completely disagree with the subjet.

Zain | September 4th, 2008 at 3:50 pm

Excellent Blog !

Scott M. | September 11th, 2008 at 9:26 am

How’s your record of providing as supportive work environment for Christians as you do for a tiny minority?

Frances Gonzalez | December 9th, 2008 at 5:57 am

I agree 100%. Keep your good work LGBT.

Michael | February 25th, 2009 at 11:42 am

I am so glad to see a company treating Gays,lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders people right. last time I herd nobody was treating christians bad.

Zoe Brain | February 26th, 2009 at 3:25 am

Could I ask for some elaboration please? The HRC bar for Transgender benefits is set ridiculously low. For example, some companies only “benefit” to Transgendered people is that they will pay for ocassional visits to Religious Reparative Therapists of the company’s choosing to “pray away the Gay Trans”. That’s enough to qualify. Whether one such dubious “benefit”, or all genuine ones that are recognised by the AMA as “medically necessary” makes no difference, they all score the same.

Does Yahoo! provide medical benefits for necessary hormone replacement therapy? Surgical therapy?

I’ve seen some companies claim that as they provide insurance benefits for mastectomies, they count as “surgical benefits” for the transgendered. Even if they only cover cases of breast cancer, and specifically exclude reassignment surgery for Transmen.

If Yahoo! provides genuine benefits, as some companies do, they deserve extra recognition for that. It needs to be publicised. Because right now, HRC 100 means very little to those who are transsexual or intersexed.

And if Yahoo! doesn’t provide them, then please could Yahoo! pride correct that situation. We have the data that it will only cost the company an extra 2c per month per employee in the initial phase, and actually less over the long term as fewer psychiatric visits are needed. Finding an insurance partner though can be a problem, most insurance companies default to exclude any benefits to Trans people whatsoever.

Matt | May 20th, 2009 at 4:49 am

Christians represent 85% of the country. Can’t say they’re persecuted. And all of the Christians I know (albeit my generation has no issue with this subject) none of them are ‘anti-gay.’ I gasp…

It also doesn’t matter if you don’t like the subject, the issue is not going to go away because you don’t like it, and its wrong to give unequal treatment to a portion of society for something that really has no impact on you. Imagine your best friend. Imagine that tomorrow that person tells you they’re gay. Did anything about them really change overnight? Are you really going to instantly stop being friends with them? Does what they do in the bedroom have any impact on you and what you do at home or at work?

I doubt anyone can honestly answer yes to any of these questions.

The only way a modern society is going to survive as a cohesive unit is for differences like this to be at the least–tolerated–whether you like the difference or not.

Grow up.

Jasmin | August 25th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

I think that it is a wonderful thing to be able to say, Congrats to Yahoo on this achievement. As for the comments made regarding the christian community, this is our time to shine..how many times have you bashed our community through your leaders..right now it is not about you..

Ginny eversole | October 29th, 2009 at 5:39 am

If you can find a handful of sites to post on yahoo, which are very few. I know how important each and every person deserves equal pay, benifits, pay increases. All equality is only humane to all persons with different individually perspectives on how they choose to live their life. I have no problem with different individuals who lead a different life than myself. Yahoo should be able to link these individuals to more than just a handful a sites to visit.

Virginia eversole

Dharmareddy Ayodhyapuram | January 3rd, 2010 at 9:12 pm

Yahoo! provides genuine benefits, as some companies do, they deserve extra recognition for that. It needs to be publicised. Because right now, HRC 100 means very little to those who are transsexual or intersexed.