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<v ->Pride Month to me is a time to acknowledge</v>

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and celebrate how far we've come in the last 50 years

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and specifically the last 10 years

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when it comes to equality and acceptance.

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<v ->I'm proud to serve as a co-lead of Out at Comcast</v>

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so I have a lot of opportunity through my day job

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and through me role with Out to interact

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with employees who are openly LGBT

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or allies of the community.

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I would like to believe that I'm making

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all employees feel welcome here at Comcast.

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<v ->Today, I think the biggest challenge</v>

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for the LGBT community in the workplace

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is really around some of the things

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that are happening externally

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and the impact potentially on companies and organizations.

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<v ->Until everyone understands the business case for diversity</v>

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and inclusion and particularly the LGBT inclusion

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it will be financially detrimental to their bottom line

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because there will be folks

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who are either under productive at work

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or not joining their workforce in the first place

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or leaving because they no longer feel

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like part of the company.

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<v ->I think inclusion at Comcast is very subtle.</v>

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Alright so we have the ERGs yes,

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but when I speak about subtly

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I think it's more that you don't have to be in the closet.

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You can be whoever you are and people are accepting of that.

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<v ->We have employee resource groups that are available</v>

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to employees and it's not only people that are

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in the LGBT community that are a part of those ERGs

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but also the fact that anyone can be a part of them.

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<v ->Allies play an important role</v>

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in terms of advancing equality and inclusion for everyone.

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My parents come to mind as a tremendous example of allies

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in my own life.

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You know, both of whom went out of their way

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to learn about the LGBT community once I came out.

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My mother became a member of P Flag

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and attends a predominantly LGBT church.

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<v ->How are you giving back to the LGBT community?</v>

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<v ->I actually served on the board of an organization</v>

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that was focused around delivering a holistic care approach

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around AIDS and HIV community.

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As a result I was able to help the members

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of the organization in terms of extending services

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within the community.

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<v ->What amazes me in today's age</v>

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is how much more comfortable you can be externally

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both internally just accepting yourself.

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I mean that's directly attributable

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to everything that the gay leaders

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in the last 50 years have done.

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I can't imagine ever showing up to work and hiding who I am

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and being in the closet again.

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(spirited music)