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With the LGBTQ population’s annual spending power estimated in the hundreds of billions, companies don’t want to get left behind. “They’re all very competitive,” says one marketing consultant.
Headliners and activists came together at an emotional time, two days after the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. “We know that our lives and our stories are intertwined and connected,” said a speaker at a vigil.
A year ago the Supreme Court declared laws against same-sex marriage unconstitutional. Since then we are witnessing a backlash and rise of intolerance that calls on us to speak out.
In the middle of LGBT Pride Month, the killing of 50 people and injury of many others at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando is sending shock and outrage through the country and the world.