HRBOR Member Booz Allen Hamilton - Its Gets Better

This evening's HRBOR business networking event (which was extremely well attended) was hosted by HRBOR corporate member Booz, Allen Hamilton, an international consulting firm, at its Norfolk, Virginia office. Booz Allen Hamilton for three years running has scored a 100% rating under the Human Rights Campaign's corporate equality index. This is noteworthy because the Commonwealth of Virginia remains in the stone age in terms of its treatment of LGBT citizens who lack employment non-discrimination protections, housing non-discrimination protections and whose relationships receive zero recognition under Virginia law.

The fact that Booz Allen Hamilton, a leading international corporation, takes a diametrically opposite approach from the Commonwealth of Virginia demonstrates how the Christianist friendly regime of Governor Bob "Taliban Bob" McDonald and Ken "Kookinelli" Cuccinelli have their priorities ass backwards in terms of making Virginia competitive in the corporate/global playing field for economic growth and success. Perhaps the most moving portion of the evening was when the Booz Allen Hamilton "It Gets Better" video - set out above - was played. I'll admit that I got nearly teary eyed.

Would that Virginia had more corporations like Booz Allen Hamilton. I hope and pray that some day Virginia's leaders get the message that division and exclusion are not qualities that attract the best and the brightest or the most progressive and future thinking businesses.