94% Of Fortune 500 Protect Gays

The Equality Forum reports that 471 of the nation's 500 biggest companies now include sexual orientation in their employment discrimination protections. That number represents a massive improvement from 2003 when only 323 companies did so. Almost half of the remaining non-compliant companies are headquartered in Texas. Those companies are on the chart to the left, ranked by annual revenue. It should go without saying that the passage of ENDA would obviate lists such as this.

Fortune 500: 93% Protect Gay Employees

Equality Forum reports that a whopping 466 of Fortune 500 companies now offer protection to their gay employees. Highest ranked of the holdouts is #2 Exxon Mobil, but you have to go all the way down to #95, Liberty Mutual, to find the next company still witholding protection. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Texas leads the list of states with the most non-compliant companies, with 14, including Exxon Mobil. I'm a bit shocked to see that the only non-compliant company in New York is Virgin Media. And here I thought Richard Branson was a righteous dude.