Many people in the United States still report feeling harassed, bullied or discriminated against based on their race, gender, disability, age, religion or sexual orientation. This is particularly true for LGBTQ youth. According to GLSEN, 57.6 percent of LGBTQ students report feeling unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation, and 85.2 percent experience verbal…
MENTO, Calif. – State Treasurer John Chiang announced today that he has decided to extend into a second year California’s financial sanctions against Wells Fargo & Company. The sanctions include the suspension of investments by the Treasurer’s Office in Wells Fargo securities; suspension of the use of the bank as a broker-dealer for purchase of investments,…
In 2013 the Corporate Equality Index named Wells Fargo the “Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality.” The CEI gave Wells Fargo a “perfect score” on its index “for the 11th consecutive year.” This leads me to wonder if corporate corruption is included in the Corporate Equality Index. One must wonder how many LGBT crooks…
SAN DIEGO – Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), NeighborWorks America® and its network member NHSIE , have announced the upcoming San Diego County NeighborhoodLIFT® program with a $5 million commitment by Wells Fargo to help boost local homeownership. Interested homebuyers can attend the free homebuyer event on March 4-5 when eligibility will be determined…
SAN FRANCISCO — A new survey from Wells Fargo & Company of LGBT Americans sheds light on how marriage equality is shaping the attitudes, behaviors, and conversations of same-sex couples related to money and planning for their future. The majority of LGBT Americans surveyed (86%) say that marriage-equality will improve the financial lives of same-sex…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, the business voice of the LGBT community, called upon LGBT-certified businesses and other supporters to applaud the work of Wells Fargo to promote equality, especially as the financial institution faces criticism. The criticism comes from Franklin Graham, who has asked followers to boycott Wells Fargo after…
Launching this Monday, the new Wells Fargo TV ad, Learning Sign Language, represents the challenges and achievements of their LGBT customers as they build their families and their futures together. This ad is the first of four TV spots developed as part of the new Wells Fargo campaign: “Working together to make a difference.” The…
LOS ANGELES – Last night at the Hollywood Palladium, The Trevor Project celebrated 16 years of its life-saving, life-affirming work, which provide crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) teens and young adults. The high-profile annual event, TrevorLIVE Los Angeles, was presented by Wells Fargo and hosted by…
LOS ANGELES – Celebrating 16 years, The Trevor Project will host its annual “TrevorLIVE Los Angeles” (TrevorLIVE LA), a high-profile evening of music, comedy and entertainment Dec. 7 at the Hollywood Palladium, presented by Wells Fargo. The event will bring together top entertainers, advocates and corporate leaders to support the organization’s life-saving, life-affirming work for lesbian,…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The founders of the first national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender greeting card company, who exemplify how creative thinking can lead to new businesses, are among the participants in the second annual National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Strategic Growth & Development Institute, which has the theme “Predictable Success.” The two-day program commenced…
