MINNEAPOLIS,
MN—November 4, 2013 Five
silver ‘Outie’ statuettes were bestowed upon Outie Award winners
while 2,200 attendees from around the world gathered at the 15th
annual Out & Equal Workplace Summit in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Summit is the leading LGBT professional development conference,
equipping attendees with the tools, resources and connections to
create equitable and inclusive workplaces for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgender (LGBT) people.
The
2013 winners were Target, Lockheed Martin, The Dow Chemical Company,
Cathy Bessant from Bank of America, and Kevin Jones. The winners were
chosen from a competitive slate of nominees and voted on by an
independent panel of experts from companies and nonprofits that set
the standard for LGBT workplace equality.
The
annual Outie Awards honor individuals and companies for their
leadership in creating workplace cultures of inclusion and equity for
the LGBT community.
Artist
and designer of the Outie Award, MK Shannon, describes her sculpture
as a single 11 inch figure that appears to run in a forward motion
with the body stretched upward. The figure is reaching far above to
hold an “exclamation point" as high as it can reach. The
exclamation point is a symbol for Out & Equal. It is held by the
figure like a torch, bringing light, truth and hope for equality for
all people everywhere.
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