D&I Weekly News Round Up: Pride Month Special Edition – Ericsson

LGBTQ+

I love this story! When a Spanish village had to take down the rainbow flag that was flying from the town hall, hundreds of residents quickly organized flags to decorate the streets with rainbows.

According to a report from financial services company Credit Suisse, LGBTQ+ friendly companies consistently outperform in the stock market. Having a pro-active LGBTQ+ approach benefits attraction and retention of talent and draws in additional customers.

After stumbling across a historic photograph of two men in love, Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell started a collection of photographs portraying male romance. Watch the video!

June is Pride Month – but do you know about the history of the marches, the Stonewall riots and the movement that started way before that? Very interesting (long) read!

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, in 2019 the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus performed at Carnegie Hall. Watch the video.

If you like Pixar/animated movies, you have to watch this: Two computer animation students created a short film called “In a Heartbeat” as their senior thesis project, telling the story of a boy and his boy crush. So sweet!

“This Coke is a Fanta” is an expression that was used in Brazil for years to make fun of gay men. Coke, together with the advertising agency Ogilvy, decided to turn this around and make a campaign out of it – which was then awarded several Lions in Cannes. Awesome idea and great video!