The OUTlook, a weekly newsletter about LGBTQ+ business, labor and workplace equality from Qnotes.
Hello, everyone, and Happy Tuesday! Welcome to this week’s OUTlook — I’m Taylor, and this week, I’m coming to you from my honeymoon in Vienna. For today’s photo from my European Adventures, I take you to Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in Vienna.
Meet Conchita Wurst — Austrian singer, drag queen, LGBTQ+ icon and 2014 Eurovision winner. Wurst has used their platform to advocate for LGBTQ+ equality and for same-sex couples to be able to adopt children across Europe. To see the iconic Eurovision performance, you can click here.
For today’s business headlines, I want to highlight our recent story on Tractor Supply removing all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, as well as their climate change goals after receiving backlash from conservative customers.
The company announced the changes to its policies on social media, releasing a statement.
“We work hard to live up to our Mission and Values every day and represent the values of the communities and customers we serve,” it said. “We have heard from customers that we have disappointed them. We have taken this feedback to heart.”
You can read more on that below.
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Tractor Supply removed DEI and climate initiatives
Tractor Supply Company announced it would remove its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) roles, eliminate its goals for lowering carbon emissions and stop financially supporting LGBTQ+ Pride events after receiving backlash from conservative customers. The company announced the changes to its policies on social media, releasing a statement. […]
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