And just last week, Google added a Pride Easter egg to search, displaying a rainbow banner on results when you search for Gay, Lesbian, LGBT, NYC Gay Pride, or SF Gay Pride, or Gay Pride. Last year Facebook added civil unions and domestic partnerships as relationship status options, and the company won a GLAAD award this month. Its 100% employee driven.”īoth companies have been showing their support online too. Slater Tow, a member of the Gay Facebook employees group assured me “Facebook very much supports diversity” but that its presence at Pride is “not a company led initiative. I wondered if Facebook feared any backlash from conservative countries where it’s popular but tolerance is not. Over 400 Facebook employees marched down Market Street in San Francisco for Pride yesterday. Google tells me “We support our LGBT employees in a number of ways - in taking a stand on matters of policy, putting programs in place that support Gayglers (Gay Googlers) and their families, and hosting and sponsoring events and programs around the world to continue the discussion on equality.”
Here’s a look at our favorite photos of tech companies representing at Pride…
Parades in San Francisco and New York saw search engine, social network, and game developer logos decked out in rainbows as engineers danced in the streets. Pride got high tech this weekend as thousands of employees from Google, Facebook, Electronic Arts, Zynga, and more celebrated to support equal rights for everyone.
