Happy Pride! I’m going to be honest here…to me, life as a gay person in America right now feels like whiplash. On one hand, we’re seeing rainbow everything and everywhere this year – from products at IKEA and Target to tweets like this from the Marines. It’s so extreme that I’ve seen posts decrying the commodification of pride. They’re not wrong. And also, I really love rainbows.

This week, Equality Institute Associate Facilitator Darnell Adams and I recap the latest 5 Things (good vibes in DEI:

• Unilever Is Skipping Rainbow Merchandise & Pride Floats. They’d Rather Make an Actual Difference
• Members of Ukraine’s LGBTQ Community Who Sign Up for the War Have Taken to Sewing the Image of the Mythical Beast Into Their Uniforms Just Below the National Flag
• Shonda Rhimes Launches Two New DEI Initiatives With Netflix
• Virgin Atlantic Makes History With New Change to Employee Dress Code
• Slack Will Teach Your Co-workers How to Pronounce Your Name

5 Things / Pride Paradox blog show notes: https://www.theequalityinstitute.com/equality-insights-blog/5-things-pride-paradox

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