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Nebraska Businesses Sign Pledge for LGBT Equality

human-rights-campaignOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — About 100 Omaha businesses and organizations have signed a pledge with the Human Rights Campaign to advance workplace equality for Nebraska’s LGBT community.

According to local field organizer Drew Heckman, 113 local businesses have signed the pledge which is a part of its “Equality is Our Business” campaign. The campaign is targeting states like Nebraska, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama that do not have statewide regulations to protect workers from discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation.

According to a Human Rights Campaign survey, more than 40 percent of LGBT Nebraskans say they have experienced harassment at work.

Groups that pledge receive stickers and invitations to educational programs sponsored by the advocacy group.

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