Learn Celebrating Pride 2012

We encourage people to convey their whole selves to work. And this calendar month Googlers, Gayglers (gay Googlers), in addition to their families in addition to friends took this spirit to the streets inward Pride parades in addition to celebrations to a greater extent than or less the globe. In Sao Paulo, a grouping of fifty marched every bit a Google contingent for the outset fourth dimension ever. In San Francisco, to a greater extent than than 1,000 Googlers in addition to allies marched (nearly doubling the release of people nosotros had inward 2011!). In New York, to a greater extent than than 700 of our friends in addition to colleagues took over fifth Avenue marching amongst our double-decker Pride bus. And this weekend inward Singapore, we’re sponsoring the Pink Dot celebration for the bit consecutive year.

It’s non only through Pride that nosotros present our back upwards for the LGBT community. At Mardi Gras inward Sydney, nosotros hosted ii Queer Thinking seminars on Activism inward the Internet Age in addition to Queer Careers. We also choose big plans for the World Pride celebration inward London this year, launching a “Legalise Love” Conference at Google London, partnering with organizations to position ways to decriminalize homosexuality in addition to eliminate homophobia to a greater extent than or less the world.

In add-on to supporting the LGBT community exterior of Google, nosotros made some changes to our benefits offerings to back upwards our Gayglers. Earlier this year, nosotros enhanced our transgender-inclusive benefits to encompass transitioning procedures in addition to handling inward accordance with the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s (WPATH) Standards of Care, which includes coverage for procedures similar facial feminization for transgender women in addition to pectoral implants for transgender men. We also increased our lifetime maximum coverage for these benefits to $75K—more than double what it had been previously.

Next calendar month we’ll deport the liberate energy of Pride into our quaternary annual fellowship Diversity & Inclusion celebration, the Sum of Google. The Sum is an chance to celebrate in addition to engage inward a give-and-take almost multifariousness in addition to inclusion across our offices to a greater extent than or less the world.

Take a expect at the photos below for a peek at this year's Pride celebrations.


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