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The Human Rights Campaign's 2012 Corporate Equality Index chronicles a decade of progress in workplace equality.  2012 marks the first year of new more stringent criteria  regarding transgender Read More

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Advocating for LGBT Workplace Equality as a Consumer: Sample Letter to Businesses
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All Children - All Families Promising Practices Guide 3rd Edition
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All Children - All Families: Core Competencies
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All Children - All Families: Request Agency Self-Assessment Log-In Information
All Children - All Families: Training Curriculum
All Children - All Families: What Agencies Can Participate
An Important Step toward Workplace Equality: An Executive Order on Federal Contractors
An Overview of Federal Rights and Protections Granted to Married Couples
Answers to Questions About Marriage Equality
Anti-Marriage Amendment in Minnesota
Are transgender-inclusive health insurance benefits expensive?
At the Intersection: Race, Sexuality and Gender
Award for Workplace Equality Innovation
Award for Workplace Equality Innovation 2009: Boeing Co.
Award for Workplace Equality Innovation 2009: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Award for Workplace Equality Innovation 2010: Credit Suisse
Award for Workplace Equality Innovation 2010: Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
Award for Workplace Equality Innovation 2011: Boston Consulting Group
Award for Workplace Equality Innovation 2011: Goldman Sachs
Becoming a More Activist-Oriented Campus Group
Benchmarks of LGBT Cultural Competency
Best Places to Work 2011
Best Places to Work 2012
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Breaking Down Barriers: An Administrator’s Guide to State Law & Best Policy Practice for LGBT Health
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Business Coalition for Benefits Tax Equity, Members
Business Coalition for Workplace Fairness, Members
Business Imperative of Transgender Inclusiveness
Can LGBT People Become Foster Parents?
Can You Adopt a Child from Foster Care?
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City and County Domestic Partner Registries
Clergy Call for Justice and Equality
Co-Parenting Agreement
Collecting Transgender-Inclusive Gender Data in Workplace and Other Surveys
Coming Out at Work
Coming Out in the Workplace as Transgender
Coming Out Issues for African Americans
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Coming Out Issues for Latinas and Latinos
Coming Out to Your Doctor
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Corporate Equality Index: 2003 Corporate Statements
Corporate Equality Index: 2004 Corporate Statements
Corporate Equality Index: 2005 Corporate Statements
Corporate Equality Index: 2008 Statements from Employers that Rated 100 Percent
Corporate Equality Index: 2009 Statements from Employers that Rated 100 Percent
Corporate Equality Index: 2010 Statements from Employers that Rated 100 Percent
Corporate Equality Index: 2011 Statements from Employers that Rated 100 Percent
Corporate Equality Index: 2011 Statements from Employers that Rated 100 Percent
Corporate Equality Index: 2012 Statements from Employers that Rated 100 Percent
Corporate Equality Index: About the Survey
Corporate Equality Index: Does it Give Credit for Therapy
Corporate Equality Index: List of Businesses with Transgender-Inclusive Health Insurance Benefits
Corporate Equality Index: Rating Criteria 1.0 (2002-2005)
Corporate Equality Index: Rating Criteria 2.0 (2006 - 2010)
Corporate Equality Index: What Businesses are Rated and How to Participate
Corporate Equality Index: What Happened to the 2007 Report?
Corporate Equality Index: Why the Criteria Change
Cyber Bullying and the LGBT Community
Degrees of Equality
Degrees of Equality: Self-Disclosing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Discrimination Against Transgender Workers
Discussing Donor Insemination with Children
Diversity Training on Gender Identity and Gender Expression
Diversity Training on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues
Domestic Partner Benefit Eligibility: Defining Domestic Partners and Dependents
Domestic Partner Benefits: Cost and Utilization
Domestic Partner Benefits: Grossing Up to Offset Imputed Income Tax
Domestic Partner Benefits: Hardship Withdrawal Option for Retirement Plans
Domestic Partner Benefits: Nonspouse Rollover Provision for Retirement Plans
Domestic Partner Benefits: Pension Survivor Annuities
Domestic Partner Benefits: Related Laws and Regulations
Domestic Partnership Agreement
Donor Agreement
Donor Insemination: The Basics
Durable Power of Attorney for Finances
Employee Groups
Employment Policies: Adding Gender Identity as a Protected Category
Ending Stigma & Achieving Full Inclusion: HRC’s Task Force to Address Insurance Industry Practices
Equal Benefits Ordinance: Berkeley, Calif.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: King County, Wash.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: Long Beach, Calif.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: Los Angeles, Calif.
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Equal Benefits Ordinance: Minneapolis, Minn.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: Oakland, Calif.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: Olympia, Wash.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: Sacramento, Calif.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: San Francisco, Calif.
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Equal Benefits Ordinance: Seattle, Wash.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: State of California
Equal Benefits Ordinance: Tumwater, Wash.
Equal Benefits Ordinances
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Equality from State to State
Equality Magazine
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External Business Engagement with the LGBT Community
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Family and Coming Out Issues for Asian Pacific Americans
Family and Coming Out Issues for Latinas and Latinos
Family and Medical Leave Act - FAQ for Employees
Family and Medical Leave Act: FMLA-Equivalent Benefit for LGBT Workers
Federal Laws Impacting Domestic Partner Benefits
Federal Response to HIV/AIDS
Finally Free: How Love and Acceptance Saved Us From the Ex-Gay Ministries
Finding Insurance for Transgender-Related Healthcare
For The Bible Tells Me So: A Study Guide and Advocacy Training Curriculum
Frequently Asked Questions about Domestic Partner Benefits
Gender Identity and Our Faith Communities: A Congregational Guide for Transgender Advocacy
Gender Identity and Our Faith Communities: Audio Files of Dramatic Readings
GenEQ Action Tools: Coalition Building
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Glossary of Terms
Guía de Recursos Para Salir Del Clóset
Hate Crimes and Violence Against LGBT People
Hate Crimes Law
Hate Crimes Timeline
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Health Insurance Discrimination for Transgender People
Healthcare Equality Index: 2009 Statements from Top Performers
Healthcare Equality Index: About the Survey
Healthcare Equality Index: Advance Healthcare Directives
Healthcare Equality Index: Business Case for Participation
Healthcare Equality Index: Data Collection Policies
Healthcare Equality Index: Decision-Making Policies
Healthcare Equality Index: Default Surrogate Selection Laws
Healthcare Equality Index: Patient Non-Discrimination Policies
Healthcare Equality Index: Request Survey Invitation
Healthcare Equality Index: Visitation Policies
Healthcare Equality Index: What is meant by same-sex parents?
Healthcare Equality Index: What is meant by same-sex partner/spouse/significant other?
Healthcare Equality Index: Why are questions new or updated in the survey?
Healthcare Laws: State by State
Healthy Families Act
HIPAA and LGBT Healthcare Equality
HIV/AIDS and Employment Discrimination
HIV/AIDS Awareness Days
Hospital Visitation Authorization
Hospital Visitation Guide for LGBT Families
Housing for LGBT People: What You Need to Know About Property Ownership and Discrimination
How are transgender-inclusive benefits included in the Corporate Equality Index?
How can I find an employer’s non-discrimination policy?
How Can I Find an LGBT-Friendly Adoption Agency?
How Much Does Adoption Cost?
How to Exercise Your Rights
How to Find Out if a Camp is LGBT Friendly
HRC and DocuBank®
HRC Issue Brief: Aging
HRC Issue Brief: Families
HRC Issue Brief: Federal Taxation
HRC Issue Brief: HIV/AIDS and the LGBT Community
International Adoption
International Laws Protecting Transgender Workers
International LGBT Workplace Considerations
Is Foster Parenting for You?
Is Gender Identity or Expression preferred over Gender Identity in employment policies?
Join the Business Coalition for Benefits Tax Equity
Known Donor Agreement
Language and Coming Out Issues for Latinas and Latinos
Last Will and Testament
Leaders in LGBT Healthcare Equality
Learning About School Policies
Legal Documents to Protect Your Family
LGBT Cultural Competence
LGBT Employee Retention: Professional Development Programs
LGBT Equality at the Fortune 500
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LGBT Recruitment
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LGBT-Inclusive Definitions of Family
LGBT-Inclusive Intake Forms
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Family
List of Sperm Banks
Living Adoption: Gay Parents Speak
Living Openly in Your Place of Worship
Living Will

Living Will

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Managing Employee Gender Transition in the Workplace
No Name-Calling Week
Obama Administration Policy, Legislative and Other Advancements on behalf of LGBT Americans
Open Adoption
Organizational Letters of Support for All Children - All Families
Overview of the Surrogacy Process
Parents as Allies
Partnering with Schools to Support Children with Gender Variant Behaviors and Interests
Patient Non-Discrimination and State Public Accomodation Law
Patient Non-Discrimination: LGBT-Inclusive Policy Statements from Healthcare Organizations
Pension Plans

Pension Plans

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Personnel Documentation for Transgender Employees
Perspectives on the Bible and LGBT People
Professional Organizations on LGBT Parenting
Protecting Your Visitation & Decision-Making Rights
Publications on Transgender Inclusion in the Workplace
Questions and Answers: The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
Questions to Ask Before Enrolling In Domestic Partner Benefits
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Religion and Coming Out Issues for Asian Pacific Americans
Religion and Coming Out Issues for Latinas and Latinos
Request a Copy of the Promising Practices Guide
Resource Guide to Coming Out
Resource Guide to Coming Out for African Americans
Resources Cited in the Promising Practices Guide
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Resources for Transgender Employees
Resources on Cyber Bullying
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Responding to Negative Reactions to LGBT Inclusion
Responding to Objections to Formally Amending Equal Opportunity Policies
Restroom Access for Transgender Employees
Risks of Abstinence-Only Education
Same-Sex Parents and Consent for Treatment of a Minor
Same-Sex Relationship Recognition Laws: State by State
Sample Equal Employment Opportunity Policies
Sample Patient Non-Discrimination Policies
Samples Discussed in the Promising Practices Guide
San Francisco Transgender Benefit
San Francisco Transgender Benefit: Actual Cost & Utilization (2001-2006)
San Francisco Transgender Benefit: Estimating Cost and Utilization for the “Worst Case” (1997-2001)
San Francisco Transgender Benefit: Total Claims Experience and Plan Evolution, By Year (2001-2006)
School Resources for Parents
Search our Employer Database
Second Parent Adoption
Selecting Sperm Banks and Unknown Donors
Self-Identification of LGBT Employees
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Terminology and Definitions
Share Your Adoption Agency Information
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Society and Coming Out Issues for Asian Pacific Americans
Spousal Benefits: Recognizing Same-Sex Spouses for Benefits Programs
State Courts
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Stories of Adoption
Stories of Discrimination
Straight Guide to LGBT Americans
Supplier Standards: Discrimination Policies
Surrogacy Laws and Legal Considerations
Surrogacy: What to Expect
Surrogate Medical Decision-Making and the LGBT Community
Syringe Exchange Programs
Talking About Marriage Equality With Your Friends and Family
Talking About Our Families
Talking About Our Families: Children 8 and Older
Talking About Our Families: Children Age 4 to 7
Talking About Our Families: Children Under 3
Talking About Sexuality
Talking About Sexuality: Children 10 and Older
Talking About Sexuality: Children Age 3 to 9
Talking About Sexuality: Children Under 3
Talking with Kids about LGBT Issues
Taxation of Domestic Partner Benefits
Taxation of Partner Benefits: Determining and Tracking Dependent Status
Tell Us About an LGBT Conference or Event
Tell Us About an LGBT Scholarship
Tell Us about Your LGBT Campus Group
Testimonials From Leaders in LGBT Healthcare Equality
The CEI Criteria Explained
The Core Four: Healthcare Equality Index Rating Criteria
The Equality Principles
The History of Coming Out
The Lies and Dangers of Reparative Therapy
The Presidential Memorandum Regarding Hospital Visitation and Decision-Making
The State of the Workplace
The Williams Institute & Center for American Progress: Unequal Taxes on Equal Benefits
Transgender Americans: A Handbook for Understanding
Transgender Inclusion in the Workplace, 2nd Edition
Transgender Inclusion in the Workplace: Introduction and Business Case
Transgender Inclusion in the Workplace: Recommended Policies and Practices
Transgender Medical Treatment: Medically Necessary and Not Cosmetic
Transgender People and Marriage: The Importance of Legal Planning
Transgender-Inclusive Benefits for Employees and Dependents
Transgender-Inclusive Benefits: Are My Employer’s Benefits Inclusive?
Transgender-Inclusive Benefits: Colleges & Universities
Transgender-Inclusive Benefits: Communicating Availability of the Benefit
Transgender-Inclusive Benefits: Medical Treatment Cost and Utilization
Transgender-Inclusive Benefits: Questions Employers Should Ask
Transgender-Inclusive Benefits: Taxability of Related Medical Expenses
Transgender-Inclusive Benefits: What are Clinical Guidelines?
Transition in the Workplace
U.S. Federal Government Employment Policies
Uniting American Families Act
Update the Employer Database
What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality?
What is Being a Good Corporate Citizen?
What Must You Do to Become a Foster Parent?
What resources do other LGBT organizations have to offer young people?
What to Do If You’ve Been The Victim of a Hate Crime
What Welcoming Schools Offer
Who Are the Children in Foster Care?
Workplace Discrimination: Policies, Laws and Legislation
Workplace Dress Codes and Transgender Employees
Workplace Gender Transition Guidelines
World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
Your Elected Officials