Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender

Chicago Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

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• The Chamber’s mission is to promote development and growth of LGBT businesses
• Find LGBT business owners for networking, marketing, and informational interviews
• Database searchable by name, business category, contact person, and featuring company website, owner and employee phone and e-mail contact information.
• Events page featuring numerous Chicagoland networking opportunities

Conferences

• Out for Work Conferences
• Out for Undergraduate Business Conference
• Reaching Out MBA
• Professional development and networking opportunities for undergraduate business majors or current and future MBA students.
• Conference locations vary; typically held on the east coast.

Diversity in the Workplace

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• Electronic and print magazine highlighting diversity issues in the workplace.
• Addresses multiple minority groups, including African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Latin-Americans, persons with disabilities, LGBT persons and others.
• Articles often relevant to persons with multiple identities.
• Free e-mail subscription with a .edu email address.

Echelon Magazine

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• Free weekly newsletter on GLBT Business news

Federal GLOBE

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• Washington DC-based coalition of LGBT federal government employees.
• Provides contact information for prominent LGBT Government Employees.

Human Rights Campaign

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• Corporate Equality Index ranks the policies of Fortune 500 companies from an LGBT lens
• Healthcare Equality Index reviews corporate medical benefits from a transgender inclusion perspective.
• Develops guides to understanding Domestic Partner Benefits and health insurance discrimination.
• Employer resources regarding LGBT-friendly diversity trainings and an LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination policy
• Stories from LGBT persons in the workplace are highlighted in a section called “Your Stories”

LGBT Career Link

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• Jobs directory
• Candidate and company profiles for networking and visibility purposes
• Event listings nationwide

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

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• Inform yourself on employment discrimination and transgender workplace issues

National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association

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• Journalists working toward fair and accurate coverage of LGBT Issues

NIU LGBT Resource Center Lending Library

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• Access categorical resources on “career and employment,” “coming out,” “politics” and others
• Search by title, author or keyword and view availability immediately

Out and Equal Workplace Advocates

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• Self-described “Pre-eminent national organization devoted to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in the workplace.”
• News related to the LGBT community
• Hosts the “Out and Equal” conference (annual summit)
• LGBT workplace guides

Out in the Workplace

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• Addresses topics such as:
  • How out do you want to be?
  • How should you research workplace policies and climates before taking a new job?
  • How out should you be on your resume?
  • How out should you be in an interview?
  • Coming out at work

Out Professionals

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• Leading LGBT networking site with a fairly extensive LGBT-centered job bank
• Blog features

Pride at Work

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• Labor union activists who advocate on behalf of full equality for LGBT individuals.
• Provides contact information for Chicago chapter

Straight Jobs, Gay Lives

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• Author: Mark Brostoff, Career Services, Indiana University
• Addresses common questions that face LGBT individuals such as:
  • Should I come out during the interview process or after I get the job?
  • How should being LGBT affect where I choose to work?
  • Should I “screen” my resume to exclude my LGBT-related experiences?

Workplace Groups for LGBT Professionals on google.com

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• Connect with professional organizations in your given discipline for informational interviewing, networking
• Includes groups for doctors, lawyers, police, pilots, members of the military, and others.