Wednesday, 1 April 2015

'Discrimination is bad for business': 39 tech leaders call for LGBT protection

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A number of tech leaders signed a joint statement on Wednesday calling on lawmakers to add non-discrimination protections for the LGBT community to existing civil rights laws.


The letter includes signatories such as Zynga CEO Mark Pincus, Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, SalesForce CEO Marc Benioff, Square CEO Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, AirBnB CEO Brian Chesky, eBay CEO John Donahoe, among others. It's a response to a range of bills signed in Indiana and Arkansas this week that critics say are "anti-gay."



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