Facts & Figures LGBT Pride Month
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DiversityInc For All Employees MEETING IN A BOX LGBT Pride Month Facts & Figures DEMOGRAPHICS DIVERSITYINC TOP 10 POPULAR CULTURE COMPANIES FOR NUMBER OF LGBT ADUltS LGBT EMPLOYEES PROMINENT OPENLY LGBT PEOPLE There continues to be differing views on the Clay Aiken Rachel Maddow percent of the U.S. adult population that is 1. AT&T LGBT. The Williams Institute/Gallup says 2. Wells Fargo Chaz Bono Ricky Martin 3.5 percent, while Harris Interactive/Witeck 3. MassMutual Financial Group Anderson Cooper Ian McKellen Communications says 6.8 percent. Other Ellen DeGeneres George Michael estimates range as high as 10 percent. 4. Time Warner 5. Eli Lilly and Company Melissa Etheridge Rosie O’Donnell AVERagE HOUSEHOLD INCOME 6. EY Jodie Foster Suze Orman 7. KPMG Neil Patrick Harris Raven-Symoné 120k $111,769 8. Target Elton John Michelle Rodriguez 110k $97,682 9. IBM 100k Adam Lambert Michael Stipe 80k $66,516 10. Aetna 60k k.d. lang Wanda Sykes 40k 20k Jane Lynch Chely Wright Unmarried Married Same-Gender Opposite-Gender Opposite-Gender Couples Couples Couples SPORTS HOME OWNERSHIP 100% OPENLY GAY ATHLETES IN TOP 5 U.S. PROFESSIONAL LEAGUES 79.9% 80% 68.4% Robbie Rogers, Major League Soccer 60% 42.0% Jason Collins, National Basketball Association 40% Michael Sam, National Football League* 20% *Selected in 2014 NFL draft Unmarried Married Same-Gender Opposite-Gender Opposite-Gender Couples Couples Couples MARRIAGE EQUALITY LAWS BUSINESS LGBT BUYING POWER 2006 $660 billion 2013 $830 billion Issues marriage licenses to PROMINENT OPENLY LGBT EXECUTIVES same-gender couples Beth Brooke-Marciniak, Global Vice Chair – Public Policy, EY (No. 3 in the DiversityInc Top 50) Restricts marriage to between one man Renee Brown, Senior Vice President and and one woman Director of Social Media, Wells Fargo (No. 17) George Kalogridis, President, Walt Disney World (The Walt Disney Company is No. 34) Allows civil unions or domestic Sources: Gallup, Harris Interactive, Human Rights Campaign, partnerships U.S. Census Bureau, The Williams Institute, Witeck Communications © 2014 DiversityInc PAGE 1.