Major companies abandon an LGBTQ+ rights report card after facing anti-diversity backlash
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Major companies abandon an LGBTQ+ rights report card after facing anti-diversity backlash

More than two decades ago, when gay men and lesbians were prohibited from serving openly in the U.S. military and no state had legalized same-sex marriages, a national LGBTQ+ rights group decided to promote change by grading corporations on their workplace policies. The Human Rights Campaign initially focused its report card, named the Corporate Equality Index, on ensuring that gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer employees did not face discrimination...