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Best Places to Work 2009

Check out our list of the top businesses that support equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees. Based on the 2009 Corporate Equality Index, our annual report that rates corporate America's treatment of LGBT employees, 260 businesses received top ratings.

Click on the industry heading to see a list of businesses. Each business name links to a more detailed profile of their policies and practices.

Advertising & Marketing
Aerospace & Defense
Airlines
Apparel, Fashion, Textiles, & Dept. Stores
Automotive
Banking & Financial Services
Chemicals & Biotechnology
Computer Hardware & Office Equipment
Computer Software
Consulting, Business Services
Education, Childcare
Energy & Utilities
Entertainment & Electronic Media
Food, Beverages, & Groceries
Healthcare 

High-Tech, Photo, & Science Equip.
Hotels, Resorts, & Casinos
Insurance
Internet
Law Firms
Mail & Freight Delivery
Manufacturing
Oil & Gas
Pharmaceuticals
Publishing & Printing
Retail & Consumer Products
Telecommunications
Tobacco
Transportation, Travel

 


Advertising & Marketing
Chicago
IL
Aerospace & Defense
Chicago
IL
Morristown
NJ

Lockheed Martin Corp.

Bethesda

MD

Los Angeles
CA
Waltham
MA
Airlines

Alaska Airlines

Seattle

WA

Fort Worth
TX

Continental Airlines Inc.

Houston

TX

Tempe
AZ
Apparel, Fashion, Textiles, Dept. Stores
San Francisco
CA
New York
NY
Beaverton
OR

TJX Companies, Inc., The

Framingham

MA

Automotive
Auburn Hills
MI
Dearborn
MI
Detroit
MI
Cherry Hill
NJ
Torrance
CA

Visteon Corp.

Van Buren Township

MI

Auburn Hills
MI
New York
NY
Minneapolis
MN

Aon Corp.

Chicago

IL

Charlotte
NC

Bank of New York Mellon Corp., The

New York

NY

McLean
VA
San Francisco
CA
New York
NY
New York
NY
New York
NY
Washington
DC
New York
NY
Prospect Heights
IL
Pasadena
CA
New York
NY
Cleveland
OH
New York
NY
Purchase
NY
New York
NY
New York
NY
Chicago
IL

Raymond James Financial Inc.

St. Petersburg

FL

Boston
MA
Atlanta
GA

Toyota Financial Services Corp.

Torrance

CA

Minneapolis
MN
Stamford
CT
Foster City
CA
Charlotte
NC
Seattle
WA
San Francisco
CA

3M Co.

St. Paul

MN

BASF Corp.

Florham Park

NJ

Midland
MI
Wilmington
DE

Genentech Inc.

San Francisco

CA

Cupertino
CA

Cisco Systems Inc.

San Jose

CA

ChoicePoint Inc.

Alpharetta

GA

Round Rock
TX

Hewlett-Packard Co.

Palo Alto

CA

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM)

Armonk

NY

Lexington
KY
Dayton
OH
Santa Clara
CA
Clearwater
FL
Stamford
CT

BMC Software Inc.

Houston

TX

Electronic Arts Inc.

Redwood City

CA

Mountain View
CA
Redmond
WA
Redwood Shores
CA

Symantec Corp.

Cupertino

CA

New York
NY
Boston
MA
Boston
MA
New York
NY
New York
NY
Lincolnshire
IL
New York
NY

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.

New York

NY

New York
MA

Nielsen Co., The

Schaumburg

IL

New York
NY
Education, Childcare
Watertown
MA
Energy & Utilities

Constellation Energy Group Inc.

Baltimore

MD

National Grid USA

Westborough

MA

Sempra Energy

San Diego

CA

PG&E Corp.

San Francisco

CA

Entertainment & Electronic Media
San Antonio
TX
New York
NY
New York
NY
Burbank
CA
Food, Beverages, & Groceries
St. Louis
MO
Dallas
TX

Campbell Soup Co.

Camden

NJ

Wayzata
MN
Atlanta
GA

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

Atlanta

GA

Denver
CO

Diageo North America

Norwalk

CT

Pepsi Bottling Group Inc., The

Purchase

NY

Purchase
NY
Gaithersburg
MD
Eden Prairie
MN

Walgreen Co.

Deerfield

IL

Healthcare
Rochester
NY

Cardinal Health

Dublin

OH

Oakland
CA
High-Tech, Photo, & Science Equip.
Santa Clara 
CA
Corning
NY
Rochester
NY
Austin
TX
Santa Clara
CA
Texas Instruments Inc. Dallas TX
Home Furnishing
Zeeland
MI

Newell Rubbermaid Inc.

Atlanta

GA

Hotels, Resorts, & Casinos
Minnetonka
MN
Chicago
IL
Las Vegas
NV
San Francisco
CA
Washington
DC
White Plains
NY
Parsippany
NJ
Insurance
San Francisco
CA

Aetna Inc.

Hartford

CT

Minneapolis
MN
Northbrook
IL
Warren
NJ
Chicago
IL
San Francisco
CA
Hartford
CT
Wellesley
MA
Atlanta
GA
Springfield
MA
New York
NY
Columbus
OH

New York Life Insurance Co.

New York

NY

Progressive Corp., The

Mayfield Village

OH

Newark
NJ

Sun Life Financial Inc. (U.S.)

Wellesley Hills

MA

Internet Services & Retailing

eBay Inc.

San Jose

CA

Mountain View

CA

Orbitz Worldwide Inc.

Chicago

IL

Yahoo! Inc.

Sunnyvale

CA

Law Firms
Washington
DC
Atlanta
GA

Arent Fox LLP

Washington

DC

Washington
DC

Baker & Daniels LLP

Indianapolis

IN

Boston
MA

Brown Rudnick LLP

Boston

MA

St. Louis
MO
New York
NY

Clifford Chance US LLP

New York

NY

Covington & Burling LLP

Washington

DC

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

New York

NY

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

New York

NY

New York
NY
Washington
DC

DLA Piper

Baltimore

MD

Minneapolis
MN

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

Boston

MA

Minneapolis
MN
Milwaukee
WI
Boston
MA

Fried, Frank, Haris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

New York

NY

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Los Angeles

CA

Haynes and Boone LLP

Dallas

TX

San Francisco
CA
New York
NY

Howrey LLP

Washington

DC

Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

Kansas City

MO

Chicago
IL
Chicago
IL
New York
NY
New York
NY

Littler Mendelson PC

San Francisco

CA

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

Los Angeles

CA

Chicago
IL
Boston
MA
San Francisco
CA
Rochester
NY
Los Angeles
CA
San Francisco
CA

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

New York

NY

Los Angeles
CA

Perkins Coie

Seattle

WA

San Francisco
CA
Atlanta
GA

Proskauer Rose LLP

New York

NY

Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP

Minneapolis

MN

Ropes & Gray LLP

Boston

MA

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP

San Francisco

CA

Seyfarth SHaw LLP

Chicago

IL

Sidley Austin LLP

Chicago

IL

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New York

NY

Chicago
IL

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

Cleveland

OH

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

New York

NY

Thompson Coburn LLP

St. Louis

MO

Troutman Sanders LLP

Atlanta

GA

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Houston

TX

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP

New York

NY

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

New York

NY

White & Case LLP

New York

NY

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hall & Dorr LLP

Washington

DC

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC

Palo Alto

CA

Winston & Strawn LLP

Chicago

IL

Mail & Freight Delivery
Atlanta
GA
Manufacturing
Columbus
IN
Toledo
OH

Whirlpool Corp

Benton Harbor

MI

Oil & Gas
Warrenville
IL
San Ramon
CA

Shell Oil Co.

Houston

TX

Pharmaceuticals
Ridgefield
CT
New York
NY
Indianapolis
IN
Philadelphia
PA

Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.

Nutley

NJ

Lake Forest
IL
New Brunswick
NJ
Whitehouse Station
NJ

Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp.

East Hanover

NJ

New York
NY
Kenilworth
NJ
Publishing & Printing
New York
NY

United Business Media LLC

Manhasset

NY

Retail & Consumer Products

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

New Albany

OH

Barnes & Noble Inc.

New York

NY

Richfield
MN
Ann Arbor
MI

Carmax Inc.

Richmond

VA

Oakland
CA
New York
NY
Grapevine
TX

Gap Inc.

San Francisco

CA

J.C. Penney Co. Inc.

Plano

TX

Kimberley-Clark Corp.

Irving

TX

Macy's Inc.

Cincinnati

OH

Taylorsville
NC

Nordstrom Inc.

Seattle

WA

Kent
WA
McLeansville
NC
Racine
WI
Hoffman Estates
IL

Target Corp.

Minneapolis

MN

Unilever

Englewood Cliffs

NJ

Telecommunications
Murray Hill
NJ
San Antonio
TX

Cox Enterprises/Communications

Atlanta

GA

Schaumburg
IL
Reston
VA
Tobacco

Reynolds American Inc.

Winston-Salem

NC

Transportation, Travel

Sabre Holdings Inc.

Southlake

TX

Parsippany
NJ