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Employment Equality for Gays and Lesbians is building a list of area businesses with non-discrimination policies and practices. We hope this list will be useful in many ways, and are asking for your help as we seek out information about local businesses and organizations.

Check out our current List of Equal Opportunity Businesses & Organizations

Does your business or organization have a non-discrimination policy that includes LGBT individuals? If so, please add your business to this list.

If your organization does not have formal written policies, please check out our
eegl certificate program , a simple process by which these organizations can be included in the eegl list. Certificates are available to any area business or organization which practices respectful and equitable treatment of all employees.

People for Employment Equality for Gays and Lesbians (eegl) is an organization developed to work toward achieving workplace equality across North Carolina. Anti-discrimination laws in North Carolina include protections based on race, religion, national origin, gender, and age. Eegl members believe it is time to add sexual orientation and gender identity to this list.

Eegl was formed in February 2006. The purpose of the group is to educate the public on employment discrimination facing Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender(GLBT) people by gathering, compiling, and sharing their stories and experiences as well as to support GLBT people who have experienced workplace discrimination and to stand with them in their efforts to deal with their situations.

Only seventeen states and the District of Columbia have enacted state laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation, while another seven have legislation protecting public or governmental employees. No states in the southeast have such legislation.

DID YOU KNOW?

• You or someone you know can be denied employment or fired on the spot solely based on sexual orientation?
  
• You can lose your job because your employer suspects you might be gay?
  
• You can be terminated from your employment because you are heterosexual?