Give a shout out to.............
 

Any person, place or thing you deem worthy.......

I came across a article in Fortune Mag March 15th issue that stated Robert W Baird, a employee-owned financial service firm in Milwaukee Wis, takes care of its transgender employees with a health insurance policy that will provide up to
$75,000 for gender reassignment surgery, hormone treatments, and therapeutic service!

To President Obama for nominating a candidate to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court! He's doing his job at least UNLIKE those other bums in the Senate who refuse to do theirs!

This older gentleman in my apartment complex who puts his parakeet in a carrying cage and walks him/her every afternoon. He loves his little birdy. So cute.

To Hormel Foods for adding gay pride holidays to its corporate calendar back in 2012!

Larry Lyons, then senior vice president for human resources, received many angry emails and several employees confronted him in person to complain. This lead to some very difficult conversations that needed to happen and served as a referendum on Hormel's support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender works!

To companies Coca Cola, Delta Airlines, and Disney who have been increasingly defending LGBT rights:hangloose:

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Brought me back to the time when the "christian firefighters" fought the women firefighters being in the pride parade on talk radio in seattle.It was a battle and i had to get all participation on off duty time.
That was about 15 yrs ago when when i didnt have enough women firefighters volunterring to be in it.. CUZ!... they ALL were going to san fran pride and we had become so popular and were expected to be in it. I got a call from the mayors office saying.....WHY?
I told them ever since it has been with on duty firefighters and the mayor walks with us... It was a battle and it has been over for 10 yrs!

Progress.... glad those days are past!

To the NFL who actually did something right for a change! They warned the Governor of Georgia that if the "religious liberty" law were to pass, it could cost the state the chance to host a Super Bowl.

Bruce Springsteen who cancelled his show at the Greensboro Coliseums in show of his support for those protesting House Bill 2 law recently passed in North Carolina! It's an expected loss of $100,000 for the coliseum.

PayPal for announcing that it would no longer open a facility in Charlotte due to the passing of House Bill 2 in North Carolina.
PayPal’s facility estimated at a price of $3.6 million would have pumped millions into the local economy by next year and employed 400 people.

To whoever it was that leaked 11.5 million documents that is now being referred to now as the "Panama Papers"
These documents name those taking advantage of off shore tax havens (among other things)! It's rumored to show at least 72 current of former heads of state, as well as numerous wealthy actors and sports figures.

To Spencer Collier a disgruntled fired top law enforcement official in Alabama for spilling the beans on Governor Bentley's cringe-worthy sex scandal with his married aide.


Normally I don't give a rip about who does what with whom BUT when someone presents themselves as a religious conservative, has an "holier than tho" attitude, and comes off as so pious that butter wouldn't melt in their mouth it tickles me a bit when they get caught with their hand in the provable "cookie jar"!

Charles Barkleyfor not only showing his support for the GLBT community but also for using his voice as a former NBA star to call for the relocation of the 2017 All-Star game from Charlotte North Carolina.

The Suits at Lionsgate Films planned to shoot the pilot for an upcoming TV series, “Crushed,” in Charlotte, but studio executives cited the law ( House Bill 2)in their decision to relocate the production to Canada.

Hitting these states who pass legislation that discriminates against the LGBT community in their pocketbooks will hopefully serve as a wake-up call to others considering it!

Bryan Adams for cancelling his scheduled concert at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi Mississippi!

To GE, Dow Chemical, PepsiCo, Hewlett Packard, Hyatt, Choice Hotels, Levi Strauss, and Whole Foods who are expressing outrage over passage of House Bill 2 in Mississippi!

Ringo Starr for cancelling his concert in North Carolina:hangloose:

Cindi Lauper while she isn't cancelling her show she is joining in the fight to help repeal HB2! She recently released the following statement

"I will be donating all of the profits from the show to Equality North Carolina's efforts to repeal HB2 and I am proud of my manager and agent for joining me in this effort by donating their commissions from the show to this vital effort," she said. "I look forward to coming to North Carolina and standing up for equality and fairness. If we truly want an inclusive society, we all have to include ourselves in the effort to make that happen. This is the best way I know how to include myself and urge you to join me in the best way you know how."

Not that I know anyone of them or that they would even know me, but I'm giving an huge shout out to more than 47K+ people who showed support for Senator Sanders in NYC.

Adam Silver! He was late to the party but finally NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday that if North Carolina’s LGBT law remains unchanged, the 2017 All-Star Game would have to be moved from Charlotte:hangloose:

American Airlines, airport officials from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and O'hare Airport officials for finally acknowledging TSA debacles!

American Airlines claims nearly 6,800 American passengers missed flights because of checkpoint delays during spring of this year! If it was this bad in Spring, I hate to imagine what summer, the peak travel season, is going to be like!