DeSantis and state lawmakers to revoke a special tax designation Disney enjoyed in the state. Ron DeSantis of Florida over a new state law, officially known as “Parental Rights in Education” - or, to its critics, “Don’t Say Gay.” The measure prohibits classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in some elementary school grades. Disney, long quiet on such matters, has been in a fight with Gov. The decision, first reported by Bloomberg News, came as corporations have increasingly been pressed to be more outspoken on cultural and political issues. English: This is the new, more accepted and widely used version of a flag for gay men specifically, similar to the lesbian, bisexual, transgender flags, rather than something to be used by the whole community like the rainbow flag, created by user gayflagblog in 10th of July of 2019.
In 1978, Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California.
Our flag isn’t just a visual representation of our identities. This symbol was widely replaced by the creation of the rainbow pride flag. The Human Rights Campaign, an organization that works to end discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, criticized the company for the policy, saying on Twitter: “There’s no such thing as ‘neutrality’ when it comes to our rights. “While they may say nobody has lost anything, the symbolism is unmistakable,” he added. “I’m also told that the employee resource groups were consulted only in a perfunctory way regarding this matter, based on momentary discomfort with displaying a symbol of open-mindedness and support for long-suppressed voices,” he said. Chris Martin, a former employee who used to head the resource group, said that a different flag featuring the Exxon logo on a rainbow background “was flown at many company locations last year without question” but that he had been told that approval to display that flag had been revoked “without explanation.” That logo has been flown at offices and is used on T-shirts that employees wear at Pride parades.Ĭurrent Exxon employees declined to comment. employees includes bubbles filled with several colors around the word PRIDE. Baker argued that there was a need for a new symbol We needed something beautiful. The logo for the company’s employee resource group for L.G.B.T. “The flags are directly related to our business and company support of our E.R.G.s.”
Around 30 volunteers helped to hand-dye and stitch the first two flags for the parade. flags can be flown during signature months,” Tracey Gunnlaugsson, vice president of human resources at Exxon Mobil, said in a statement. The original gay pride flag was seen in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade on June 25, 1978. “It is a longstanding practice at our facilities around the world that E.R.G. Workers can display the pride flag and representations of other groups like Black Lives Matter on other areas of the company’s properties, including on lawns or in digital spaces. The new policy allows only government flags and those representing Exxon Mobil and its employee resource groups, which are employee-led affinity organizations that are generally blessed by employers. Exxon Mobil will no longer allow banners of outside organizations on its flagpoles, angering some employees who in the past had flown a rainbow pride flag.