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http://www.hrc.org/8564.htm

Human Rights Campaign Highlights Best Places to Work for 2008.
"Best Places to Work for GLBT Equality" Seal Denotes America’s Best
Companies for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Workers
1/8/2008

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation’s
largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights
organization, today released its annual list of the "Best Places to
Work for GLBT Equality." A total of 195 companies that achieve this
honor will use the 2008 "Best Places to Work for GLBT Equality" seal
to distinguish their company as a fair-minded employer. The seal is
given to companies who score a perfect 100%% on the Human Rights
Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index which measures policies
and practices implemented to promote fairness and equality in the
workplace for GLBT employees.

"We honor the companies awarded for being the ‘Best Places to Work for
GLBT Equality,’" said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese.
"Each of these companies is working hard to transform their workplaces
and make them safer for millions of employees around the country. We
can now say that at least 10 million employees are protected on the
basis of sexual orientation and gender identity on the job."

The 2008 Corporate Equality Index report, released this past fall,
awarded an unprecedented 195 major U.S. businesses the top rating of
100 percent, up from 138 last year—a 41 percent increase. One of the
CEI’s major findings was that a majority of rated employers now offer
workplace protections on the basis of gender identity—58 percent. That
number has increased from just 29 percent in 2005.

To see a complete listing of companies who received the 2008 "Best
Places to Work for GLBT Equality" seal and to find an image of the
seal, please visit: www.hrc.org/placestowork.

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Advertising & Marketing -
Starcom MediaVest Group, Chicago IL

Aerospace & Defense -
Boeing Co. Chicago IL
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown NJ
Northrop Grumman Corp., Los Angeles CA
Raytheon Co., Waltham MA

Airlines -
AMR Corp. (American Airlines), Fort Worth TX
US Airways Group Inc., Tempe AZ

Apparel, Fashion, Textiles, Dept. Stores -
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., New Albany OH
Gap Inc., San Francisco CA
J.C. Penney Co., Inc. Plano TX
Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco CA
Liz Claiborne Inc., New York NY
Macy's Inc., Cincinnati OH
Nike Inc., Beaverton OR
Nordstrom Inc., Seattle WA

Automotive -
Chrysler LLC, Auburn Hills MI
Ford Motor Co., Dearborn MI
General Motors Corp., Detroit MI
Subaru of America Inc., Cherry Hill NJ
Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc., Torrance CA
Volkswagen of America Inc., Auburn Hills MI

Banking & Financial Services -
American Express Co., New York NY
Ameriprise Financial Inc., Minneapolis MN
Bank of America Corp., Charlotte NC
Bear Stearns Companies Inc., The New York NY
Capital One Financial Corp., McLean VA
Charles Schwab Corp., The San Francisco CA
Citigroup Inc., New York NY
Countrywide Financial Corp., Calabasas CA
Credit Suisse, New York NY
Deutsche Bank, New York NY
Fannie Mae, Washington DC
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., The, New York NY
HSBC North America Holdings Inc., Prospect Heights IL
IndyMac Bancorp Inc., Pasadena CA
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., New York NY
KeyCorp, Cleveland OH
Lehman Brothers Holdings, New York NY
MasterCard Inc., Purchase NY
Mellon Financial Corp., Pittsburgh PA
Merrill Lynch & Co., New York NY
Morgan Stanley, New York NY
Northern Trust Corp., Chicago IL
State Street Corp., Boston MA
SunTrust Banks Inc., Atlanta GA
U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis MN
UBS AG, Stamford CT
Visa, Foster City CA
Wachovia Corp., Charlotte NC
Washington Mutual Inc., Seattle WA
Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco CA

Chemicals & Biotechnology -
Dow Chemical Co., Midland MI
DuPont (E.I. du Pont de Nemours), Wilmington DE
Genentech Inc., San Francisco CA

Computer Hardware & Office Equipment -
Apple Inc., Cupertino CA
ChoicePoint Inc., Alpharetta GA
Dell Inc., Round Rock TX
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), Armonk NY
Lexmark International Inc., Lexington KY
NCR Corp., Dayton OH
Sun Microsystems Inc., Santa Clara CA
Tech Data Corp., Clearwater FL
Xerox Corp., Stamford CT

Computer Software -
Adobe Systems Inc., San Jose CA
Intuit Inc., Mountain View CA
Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
Oracle Corp., Redwood Shores CA

Consulting, Business Services -
Accenture Ltd., New York NY
Bain & Co. Inc., Boston MA
Boston Consulting Group, Boston MA
Bridgespan Group Inc., Boston MA
Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, New York NY
Ernst & Young LLP, New York NY
Hewitt Associates, Lincolnshire IL
KPMG LLP, New York NY
McKinsey & Co. Inc., New York MA
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, New York NY

Education, Childcare -
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. Watertown MA

Energy & Utilities -
Keyspan Corp., Brooklyn NY
National Grid USA, Westborough MA
PG&E Corp., San Francisco CA

Entertainment & Electronic Media -
Clear Channel Communications Inc., San Antonio TX
Electronic Arts Inc., Redwood City CA
Time Warner Inc., New York NY
Viacom Inc., New York NY
Walt Disney Co., Burbank CA

Food, Beverages, & Groceries -
Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc., St. Louis MO
Brinker International Inc., Dallas TX
Cargill Inc., Wayzata MN
Coca-Cola Co., The, Atlanta GA
Coors Brewing Co., Denver CO
General Mills Inc., Minneapolis MN
Kraft Foods Inc., Northfield IL
PepsiCo Inc., Purchase NY
Sodexho Inc., Gaithersburg MD
Supervalu Inc., Eden Prairie MN

Healthcare -
Aetna Inc., Hartford CT
Bausch & Lomb Inc., Rochester NY
Kaiser Permanente, Oakland CA

High-Tech, Photo, & Science Equip. -
Agilent Technologies Inc., Santa Clara CA
Corning Inc., Corning NY
Cummins Inc., Columbus IN
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester NY
Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Austin TX
Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto CA
Intel Corp., Santa Clara CA
Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor MI

Hotels, Resorts, & Casinos -
Carlson Companies Inc., Minnetonka MN
Global Hyatt Corp., Chicago IL
Harrah's Entertainment Inc., Las Vegas NV
Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group Inc., San Francisco CA
Marriott International Inc., Washington DC
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, White Plains NY
Wyndham Worldwide Corp., Parsippany NJ

Insurance -
AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah, San Francisco CA
Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America, Minneapolis MN
Allstate Corp., The, Northbrook IL
Aon Corp., Chicago IL
Chubb Corp., Warren NJ
CNA Insurance, Chicago IL
Esurance Inc. San Francisco CA
Hartford Financial Services Co., Hartford CT
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc., Wellesley MA
ING North America Insurance, Corp. Atlanta GA
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Springfield MA
MetLife Inc., New York NY
Nationwide, Columbus OH
Principal Financial Group, Des Moines IA
Prudential Financial Inc., Newark NJ

Internet -
Google Inc., Mountain View CA
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale CA

Law Firms -
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington DC
Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta GA
Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington DC
Bingham McCutchen, Boston MA
Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis MO
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York NY
Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington DC
Dewey Ballantine LLP, New York NY
Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Washington DC
Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis MN
Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis MN
Foley & Lardner, LLP Milwaukee WI
Foley Hoag LLP, Boston MA
Heller Ehrman LLP, San Francisco CA
Holland & Knight LLP, New York NY
Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago IL
Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago IL
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York NY
Latham & Watkins LLP, New York NY
McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago IL
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, Boston MA
Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco CA
Nixon Peabody LLP, Rochester NY
O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles CA
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, San Francisco CA
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, Los Angeles CA
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco CA
Powell Goldstein LLP, Atlanta GA
Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago IL
Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago IL

Mail & Freight Delivery -
United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS), Atlanta GA

Miscellaneous -
Waste Management Inc., Houston TX

Oil & Gas -
BP America Inc., Warrenville IL
Chevron Corp., San Ramon CA

Pharmaceuticals -
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgefield CT
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., New York NY
Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis IN
GlaxoSmithKline plc, Philadelphia PA
Hospira Inc., Lake Forest IL
Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick NJ
Merck & Co., Inc. Whitehouse Station NJ
Pfizer Inc., New York NY
Schering-Plough Corp., Kenilworth NJ

Publishing & Printing -
CMP Media LLC, Manhasset NY
New York Times Co., New York NY

Retail & Consumer Products -
Best Buy Co. Inc., Richfield MN
Borders Group Inc., Ann Arbor MI
Clorox Co., Oakland CA
Estee Lauder Companies, New York NY
GameStop Corp., Grapevine TX
Herman Miller Inc., Zeeland MI
Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, Taylorsville NC
Newell Rubbermaid Inc., Atlanta GA
Recreational Equipment Inc., Kent WA
Replacements Ltd., McLeansville NC
S.C. Johnson & Son Inc., Racine WI
Sears Holdings Corp., Hoffman Estates IL
Starbucks Corp., Seattle WA
Walgreens Co., Deerfield IL

Telecommunications -
Alcatel-Lucent, Murray Hill NJ
AT&T Inc., San Antonio TX
Cisco Systems Inc., San Jose CA
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg IL
Sprint Nextel Corp, Reston VA

Transportation, Travel -
Travelport Inc., Parsippany NJ
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* REMEMBER! *

Every time you use the services of or buy from one of these companies,
YOU ARE SUPPORTING EQUAL RIGHTS FOR GAY PEOPLE!

If you are using Adobe, Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel,
Intuit, Microsoft (Windows), Oracle computers, computer hardware or
software, YOU SHOULD TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER RIGHT NOW!

Whatever you do, do not buy another computer or operating system using
American Express, MasterCard, or Visa!

-Tom Sr.