2009

A GUIDE TO COMPANIES, PRODUCTS AND

SERVICES THAT SUPPORT LESBIAN, GAY,
BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER EQUALITY
DEAR
A FEW WAYS YOU CAN HELP FIGHT
FOR EQUALITY EVERY DAY:

TAKE ACTION
FRIENDS,
FOR EQUALITY
1
Share this information with your
friends, family and co-workers.
Help them to become supporters of
equality by using the information in
this guide.

2
Advocate for equality in the work-
place. If your company isn’t on this
list or you think it can do better, go
to www.hrc.org/cei to find out how to
get it engaged.

3
Get active about equality. Sign up
for newsletters and Action Alerts at
www.hrc.org/actioncenter.
Dear Friends,

This year, more than ever, we must be concerned with making sure that every
dollar we spend counts. We will have to consider what purchases are most
important, what fits into our budgets and when it’s OK to treat ourselves to
something extra.

For those of us who care deeply about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
equality, we must also weigh what companies deserve our business. Every day,
we make choices that send a powerful message about our values, our principles
and our ideals. We do it every time we buy a cup of coffee, fill our gas tanks,
book a flight or clothe our families. Where we spend our dollars has remarkable
potential to positively affect the LGBT community because it reinforces what
many companies know: fairness is good business.

There are hundreds of businesses that have earned the right to call you a
customer. A record 260 companies received a perfect 100 percent score on
the 2009 Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index — a
one-third increase over last year. Today, millions of workers are employed by
businesses that prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation
and gender identity or expression, that have adopted strong policies on diversity
and inclusion, and that offer healthcare and partnership benefits that address
the unique needs of LGBT individuals and families.

The Buying for Equality guide allows you to continue this trend by rewarding
businesses that have shown themselves to be allies of the LGBT community.
It provides a way to communicate to corporate America that LGBT-inclusive
workplace policies have a direct impact on a company’s bottom line.

As the Human Rights Campaign Foundation works with

companies to improve their workplaces, you can do your
part by using this guide to buy products from companies
that support the LGBT community.

Sincerely,

Joe Solmonese
President, Human Rights Campaign Foundation
QUESTIONS
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ANSWERS
Where do the scores in this guide The information in this guide comes from
come from? the 2009 Corporate Equality Index, the
Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s
annual report card on corporate Ameri-
ca’s treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgender employees, consumers
and investors.

How are the scores calculated? Businesses are rated on a scale from 0 to
100, based on whether or not they have
policies that support LGBT people. These
include anti-discrimination protections,
domestic partner benefits, diversity train-
ing, transgender-inclusive benefits and
external practices.

Why don’t I see a business listed? The Human Rights Campaign Foundation
researches policies at more than 1,800
companies (including the Fortune 1000
and American Lawyer 200). However,
we don’t rate a business until we have
collected and verified all the information
we need. In all, we rated 584 companies
in 2009.

How can I get a business listed? Any business with 500 or more U.S.
employees can be rated. If you don’t see
a company listed, contact the Human
Rights Campaign with any information
you have about its policies on LGBT
issues. Or, write the business and tell it
you make purchasing decisions based on
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR how it scored in this guide.
TO CONTACT US, PLEASE VISIT
WWW.HRC.ORG/BUYERSGUIDE
HOW TO USE THIS
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BUYERS GUIDE
EACH BUSINESS/BRAND IS ASSIGNED ONE
OF THREE COLORS BASED ON ITS SCORE
IN OUR REPORT: GREEN, YELLOW OR RED.

FILLING UP THE TANK

SCORE: 80+
GREEN (80-100): Businesses/brands with
BP 100 one of our higher scores. Consumers should
Amoco make every effort to support these companies.
Arco
Chevron 100 Human Rights Campaign National Corporate
Caltex Partners. The support of these businesses is
Texaco directly tied to the Human Rights Campaign’s
Shell Oil 100 success in ensuring equality for lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender Americans. All HRC
National Corporate Partners are required to
SCORE: 46-79 maintain a CEI score of 85 or above.

ConocoPhillips 63 YELLOW (46-79): Businesses/brands that

76 have taken steps toward a fair-minded
Conoco workplace, but where there is still progress
Phillips 66 to be made.

SCORE: 0-45, ?

Exxon Mobil 0 RED (0-45): Businesses/brands that

Esso have more work to do in furthering equality. If
Exxon possible, consumers should make the choice
Mobil to support a more fair-minded company.
Hess ?
Marathon Oil ? RED (?): Businesses/brands that have not
Speedway responded to the survey despite repeated
SuperAmerica attempts and whose policies are unclear.
Sunoco ?
Valero Energy ?
Diamond Shamrock
Stop N Go
Ultramar
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WHERE TO SHOP 06 HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS 24

HOME AND GARDEN 08 MEDICINE CABINET 26

BANKING AND FINANCE 10 KIDS 29

PET CARE 29

APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES 12 PLANNING A TRIP 30

EATING OUT 14 STAYING ENTERTAINED 32

FILLING UP THE TANK 15 TECHNOLOGY 34

FOOD AND BEVERAGES 16 NEWSSTAND 36

FUN AND GAMES 21 YOU’VE GOT MAIL 37

HITTING THE ROAD 22 INSURANCE AND HEALTHCARE 38

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WHERE
TO SHOP
SCORE: 80+

Barnes & Noble 100 Shop ’n Save

B. Dalton Bookseller Shoppers Food
Best Buy 100 Sunflower Market
Future Shop Target 100
Geek Squad TJX 100
Magnolia Home Theater HomeGoods
Borders 100 Walgreens 100
Doubleday Food Lion 95
Waldenbooks/Brentanos Bloom
eBay 100 Bottom Dollar Food
Shopping.com Harveys
GameStop 100 Costco 93
EB Games Staples 93
Sears 100 Corporate Express
Kmart CVS 90
Lands’ End Longs Drug Store
Supervalu 100 Hallmark Cards 90
Acme Markets Whole Foods 90
Albertsons Home Depot 85
Bristol Farms Rite Aid 85
Cub Foods Hannaford Brothers 83
Farm Fresh Harry & David 83
Hornbacher’s Amazon 80
Jewel-Osco Limited Brands 80
Osco Pharmacy Bath & Body Works
Save-A-Lot White Barn Candle Company
Sav-on OfficeMax 80
Shaws
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SCORE: 80+

64% of gay and lesbian adults say

that when selecting a product or service,
all other considerations being equal, they
will select the brand that has a reputation
for being more gay friendly.
Source: Witeck-Combs Communications/Harris Interactive

SCORE: 46-79

Ahold USA 78 Quik Stop

Giant Ralphs
Peapod Turkey Hill Minit Markets
Stop & Shop Toys “R” Us 65
Kroger 75 Babies “R” US
Dillon Food Stores Office Depot 60
Fred Meyer Circuit City 55
Kwik Shop Pathmark 53
Quality Food Centers

SCORE: 0-45, ?

H. E. B. Grocery 40 BJ’s ?
Central Marketplace Dillard’s ?
Gas ‘N Go Dollar General ?
RadioShack 40 Kohl’s ?
Wal-Mart 40 Liberty Media ?
Marketside QVC
Sam’s Club Lowe’s ?
Meijer 15 Publix Super Markets ?
Bed Bath & Beyond ? Winn-Dixie Stores ?
Big Lots ?
 SCORE: 80+

Dupont 100 KitchenAid

 Corian Magic Chef
Kevlar Maytag
Nomex Roper
Teflon Supermatic
Tyvek Home Depot 85
Zodiak Behr
Herman Miller 100 Hampton Bay
Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams 100 Traffic Master
Newell Rubbermaid 100 Vigoro
Amerock Monsanto 85
Bernzomatic Roundup
Gardinia GE 80
Irwin Hotpoint
Kirsch Monogram
Lenox Profile
Levolor Realogy 80
Owens Corning 100 Better Homes and
Replacements, Ltd. 100 Gardens Real Estate
Sears 100 Century 21
Craftsman Corcoran Group
Kenmore Sotheby’s
Whirlpool 100
Amana
Gladiator
Jenn-Air
Kenmore
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SCORE: 46-79

KB Home 75 Black & Decker 55

Mohawk Industries 65 Baldwin
Dal-Tile DeWalt
Mohawk Kwikset
Unilin Price Pfister
Weiser Lake

SCORE: 0-45, ?

Emerson Electric 45 Leggett & Platt ?

ClosetMaid Lennar ?
In-Sink-Erator NuHome
RIDGID U.S. Home
White-Rodgers Village Builders
John Deere 33 Masco ?
Berkshire Hathaway ? Sherwin-Williams ?
Benjamin Moore Toll Brothers ?
The Pampered Chef
Beazer Homes ?
Fortune Brands ?
Aristokraft
Master Lock
MasterBrand
Moen
Omega
Waterloo
 SCORE: 80+

American Express 100 J.P. Morgan Chase 100

Ameriprise 100 Chase
IDS KeyCorp 100
RiverSource KeyBank
Bank of America 100 MasterCard 100
Countrywide Financial Cirrus
U.S. Trust Maestro
Bank of New York Mellon 100 Mondex
Dreyfus Merrill Lynch 100
Pershing Morgan Stanley 100
Capital One 100 Van Kampen
Charles Schwab 100 Northern Trust 100
Citi 100 Raymond James Financial 100
Banamex State Street 100
Citibank SunTrust 100
Citifinancial U.S. Bancorp 100
Citimortgage UBS 100
Diner’s Club Visa 100
Primerica Wachovia 100
Smith Barney WaMu 100
Credit Suisse 100 Providian Financial
Deutsche Bank 100 Wells Fargo 100
Fannie Mae 100 Wells Fargo Financial
Goldman Sachs 100 Wells Fargo Mortgage
HSBC 100 CIBC 95
Beneficial Principal Financial 95
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The buying power of the U.S lesbian, gay, bisexual

and transgender community is projected to be

$759 billion in 2009.

Source: Witeck-Combs Communications/MarketResearch.com

E*TRADE Financial 93 Comerica 80

Barclays Capital 90 General Electric 80
Harris Bankcorp 90 GE Money
BMO Capital Markets National City 80
John Hancock PNC 80
Financial Services 88
Freddie Mac 85
AmTrust Bank 83

SCORE: 46-79

Fifth Third Bancorp 75 Morningstar 58

Huntington Bancshares 75 Franklin Resources 50
Chamberlin Edmonds 68 Franklin Templeton
H&R Block 65 BB&T 48
Sallie Mae 60
Discover Financial Services 58
Pulse

SCORE: 0-45, ?

Dun & Bradstreet 35 Western Union ?

Hoovers
Sovereign Bancorp ?
APPAREL
ACCESSORIES
SCORE: 80+

Abercrombie & Fitch 100 Macy’s 100

Hollister Alfani
Ruehl Bloomingdale’s
Gap 100 Charter Club
Banana Republic I.N.C.
Old Navy Nike 100
Piperlime Cole Haan
J.C. Penney 100 Converse
Arizona Jean Co. Hurley
St. John’s Bay Umbro
Worthington Nordstrom 100
Levi Strauss 100 Façonnable
Dockers REI 100
Liz Claiborne 100 Sears 100
Axcess Lands’ End
Bora Bora Target 100
Ellen Tracy Cherokee
Enyce Honors
Juicy Couture In Due Time
Kate Spade Liz Lange
Kenzie Merona
Laundry by Shelli Segal Mossimo
Lucky Brand Jeans Utility
Mac & Jac Xhilaration
Mambo TJX 100
Mexx A.J.Wright
Monet Bob’s Stores
prAna Marshalls
Realities T.J.Maxx
Sigrid Olsen
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SCORE: 80+
48% of gay and lesbian adults say they
like to keep up with the latest styles and
trends, compared with only
heterosexual adults.
of
38%
Source: Witeck-Combs Communications/Harris Interactive

S
Kenneth Cole 95 C.O. Bigelow
Gentle Souls Henri Bendel
Le Tigre Pink
Limited Brands 80 Victoria’s Secret
Bath and Body Works

SCORE: 46-79

L.L. Bean 73 The Men’s Wearhouse 50

Tiffany & Co. 68 K&G Men’s Company
MW Tux

SCORE: 0-45, ?

Jones Apparel 45 Foot Locker ?
Anne Klein Champs Sports
Bandolino Eastbay
Easy Spirit Footaction
Joan & David Ross Stores ?
Jones New York VF ?
Kasper Eagle Creek
Nine West Eastpak
Lillian Vernon 40 JanSport
Berkshire Hathaway ? John Varvatos
Fruit of the Loom Lee
JERZEES Nautica
Russell Athletics Seven for all Mankind
Spalding The North Face
Donna Karan ? Vans
DKNY Wrangler Jeans
EATING OUT
SCORE: 80+

Brinker 100 Starbucks 100

Chili’s Seattle’s Best Coffee
Maggiano’s Little Italy McDonald’s 85
On The Border Darden Restaurants 80
Mexican Grill & Cantina Bahama Breeze
Romano’s Macaroni Grill Longhorn Steakhouse
Carlson 100 Olive Garden
Pick Up Stix Red Lobster
T.G.I. Friday’s Seasons 52
The Capital Grille

SCORE: 46-79

The Palm 78 Pizza Hut

Yum! Brands 65 Taco Bell
A&W
KFC
Long John Silver’s

SCORE: 0-45, ?

Cracker Barrel 15
Berkshire Hathaway ?
Dairy Queen
 FILLING UP
THE TANK
SCORE: 80+

BP 100
Amoco
Arco
Chevron 100
Caltex
Texaco
Shell Oil 100

SCORE: 46-79

ConocoPhillips 60
76
Conoco
Phillips 66

SCORE: 0-45, ?

Exxon Mobil Corp. 0 Sunoco ?

Esso Valero Energy ?
Exxon Diamond Shamrock
Mobil Stop N Go
Hess ? Ultramar
Marathon Oil ?
Speedway
SuperAmerica
FOOD
BEVERAGES

30
IT IS LEGAL IN STATES TO FIRE SOMEONE FOR BEING GAY,

EMPLOYEE FOR BEING TRANSGENDER. 38

LESBIAN OR BISEXUAL. IT IS LEGAL IN STATES TO FIRE AN
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SCORE: 80+

Anheuser-Busch 100 Coors 100

Bud Light Blue Moon
Budweiser Keystone
Busch Killian’s Irish Red
Kirin Molson
Michelob Diageo 100
Natural Ice Bailey’s
Rolling Rock Beaulieu Vineyard
Campbell Soup 100 Captain Morgan
Pace Cîroc
Pepperidge Farm Crown Royal
Prego Dom Perignon
Swanson Guinness
V8 Harp
Clorox 100 Hennessey
Hidden Valley Johnnie Walker
KC Masterpiece Jose Cuervo

S
Kitchen Bouquet Red Stripe
Coca-Cola Company 100 Smirnoff
Barq’s Sterling Vineyards
Canada Dry Tanqueray
Coke Zero Johnson & Johnson 100
Dannon Lactaid
Dasani Splenda
Diet Coke Pepsi Bottling Group 100
Fanta PepsiCo 100
Fresca 7-Up
Fruitopia Aquafina
Fuze Aunt Jemima
Hi-C Cap’n Crunch
Honest Tea Cheetos
Mello Yello Cracker Jack
Minute Maid Diet Pepsi
Nestea Dole Juices
Odwalla Doritos
Pibb Xtra Frito-Lay
POWERade Gatorade
Simply Orange Life
smartwater Lipton Brisk
Sprite Mountain Dew
Tab Mug Root Beer
Vault Near East
vitaminwater Pasta Roni
Coca-Cola Enterprises 100 Propel
Quaker
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Rice-A-Roni Gold Medal

Rold Gold Green Giant
Ruffles Haagen-Dazs
Sierra Mist Hamburger Helper
Slice Kix
SOBE Lucky Charms
Sun Chips Nature Valley
Tostitos Old El Paso
Tropicana Pillsbury
Starbucks 100 Pop Secret
Ethos Water Progresso
Frappuccino Total
Seattle’s Best Coffee Totino’s
Tazo Teas Trix
Torrefazione Italia Coffee Wheaties
Target 100 Yoplait
Archer Farms Kraft Foods 95
Choxie A.1.
Market Pantry Balance Bar
Unilever 100 Boca Burger
Ben & Jerry’s Breakstone’s
Bertolli Capri Sun
Breyers Ice Cream Cheez Whiz
Country Crock Chips Ahoy!
Good Humor Cool Whip
Hellmann’s Country Time
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Cracker Barrel
Klondike Crystal Light
Knorr DiGiorno
Lawry’s Honeymaid
Lipton Jell-O
Popsicle Kool-Aid
Promise Louis Rich
Skippy Peanut Butter Lunchables
Slim-Fast Maxwell House
Wishbone Miracle Whip
General Mills 95 Nabisco
Betty Crocker Newtons
Bisquick Nilla
Bugles Nutter Butter
Cascadian Farm Oreo
Cheerios Oscar Mayer
Chex Philadelphia Cream Cheese
Colombo Planters
Fruit by the Foot Post Cereals
Fruit Gushers Ritz
Fruit Roll-Ups Snackwell’s
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Stove Top Peter Pan

Tang Poppycock
Toblerone Slim Jim
Tombstone Van Camp’s
Triscuit Wesson
Velveeta Miller 90
Wheat Thins Foster’s
ConAgra Foods 90 IceHouse
Banquet Milwaukee’s Best
Chef Boyardee Peroni
Egg Beaters Pilsner Urquell
Fiddle Faddle Sparks
Healthy Choice Procter & Gamble 85
Jiffy Pop Pringles
Marie Callender’s Abbott Laboratories 80
Orville Redenbacher’s EAS-Myoplex
Pam Ensure

SCORE: 46-79

Safeway 75 Hershey 70
Artisan Almond Joy
Eating Right Breath Savers
Lucerne Bubble Yum
O Organics Cadbury
OvenJoy Heath
Primo Taglio Icebreakers
Ranchers Reserve Jolly Rancher
The Butchers Cut Kit Kat
Sara Lee 75 Mauna Lola
Ball Park Mounds
Best’s Kosher Payday
Bryan Reese’s
Earthgrains Rolo
Healthy Choice Skor
Hillshire Farm Symphony
Jimmy Dean Twizzlers
Sunbeam York
Sun-Maid Zagnut
Dean Foods 73 Heinz 68
Country Fresh Bagel Bites
Horizon Organic Classico
International Delight Ore-Ida
Meadow Gold Weight Watchers Smart Ones
Silk Domino’s Pizza 60
Skinny Cow
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Kellogg’s 60 U.S. Foodservice 58

All-Bran Glenview Farms
Apple Jacks Next Day Gourmet
Austin Patuxent Farms
Carr’s Roseli
Cheez-It Stock Yards
Club Thirster
Corn Pops Hain Celestial Group 55
Crispix Arrowhead Mills
Eggo Casbah
Famous Amos Celestial Seasonings
Froot Loops Earth’s Best
Frosted Flakes Garden of Eatin’
Keebler Harry’s
Mini Wheats Health Valley
Morningstar Farms Imagine
Murray Sugar Free Nile Spice
Nutri-Grain Rice Dream
Pop-Tarts Soy Dream
Rice Krispies Terra Chips
Special K West Soy
Town House Yves
Wheatables Land O’Lakes 53
Alpine Lace

SCORE: 0-45, ?

Brown-Forman 20 Murdock Holding ?

Bonterra Dole
Finlandia Pilgrim’s Pride ?
Herradura Country Pride
Jack Daniel’s Easy-Entrée
Korbel Wing-Dings
Sonoma-Cutrer Smithfield Foods ?
Southern Comfort Butterball
Chiquita ? Cooks
Fresh Express John Morrell
Constellation ? Tyson Foods ?
Arbor Mist Bruss
Corona Golden Trophy
Corona Light Nature’s Farm
Negra Modelo Weaver
Svedka Wright
Vendange
Woodbridge
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FUN
GAMES

SCORE: 80+

Electronic Arts 100 Fisher-Price

EA Casual Entertainment Hot Wheels
EA Games Magna Doodle
EA Sports Matchbox
The Sims Pictionary
Harrah’s Entertainment 100 Polly Pocket
World Series of Poker Power Wheels
Microsoft 100 Tyco Electric Racing
Xbox Hallmark Cards 90
Mattel 93 Crayola
American Girl Silly Putty
Barbie
Cabbage Patch Kids

SCORE: 46-79

Hasbro 50 Mousetrap
Candy Land Mr. Potato Head
Chutes and Ladders My Little Pony
Clue Nerf
Connect Four Operation
Easy-Bake Oven Play-Doh
Furby Risk
Giga Pets Scattergories
GI Joe Scrabble
Jenga Sorry!
Lite-Brite
Monopoly
HITTING
THE ROAD
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SCORE: 80+

AAA Northern California, Shell Oil 100

Nevada and Utah 100 Black Magic
CarMax 100 Blue Coral
Chrysler 100 Clear Magic
Dodge Fix-A-Flat
Jeep Jiffy Lube
Clorox 100 Quaker State
Armor All Pennzoil
STP Rain-X
Tuff Stuff Subaru of America 100
Ford 100 Toyota 100
Lincoln Lexus
Mazda Scion
Mercury Volkswagen 100
Volvo Audi
GM 100 Bentley
Buick Bugatti
Cadillac Lamborgini
Chevrolet Ryder 93
GMC Bridgestone 80
Hummer Firestone
OnStar
Pontiac
Saab
Saturn

SCORE: 46-79

Nissan North America 50

Infiniti

SCORE: 0-45, ?

Cooper Tire & Rubber 33

AutoZone 25
Duralast
Valucraft
Goodyear Tire ?
Dunlop
Kelly
Harley-Davidson ?
Buell
HOUSEHOLD
PRODUCTS
SCORE: 80+

3M 100 Newell Rubbermaid 100

Command Accent
Filtrete Calphalon
Nexcare Expo
O-Cel-O Goody
Post-it Liquid Paper
Scotch Paper Mate
Scotch-Brite Rolodex
Scotchguard Roughneck
Clorox 100 Sanford
Brita Sharpie
Formula 409 Shur-Line
Glad TakeAlongs
Handi-Wipes Uni-Ball
Kingsford Vis-A-Vis
Lestoil Waterman
Liquid-Plumr S.C. Johnson & Son 100
Pine-Sol Drano
S.O.S. Fantastik
Stain Out Glade
Tilex Grab-it
Tuff Stuff OFF!
Tuffy Oust
Wash’n Dri Pledge
Kimberly-Clark 100 Raid
Cottonelle Saran
Kleenex Scrubbing Bubbles
Scott Shout
Viva Vanish
 Windex Febreze
Ziploc Gain
Unilever 100 Joy
All Mr. Clean
Snuggle Puffs
Wisk Swiffer
Procter & Gamble 85 Tide
Bounce
Bounty
Cascade
Charmin
Cheer
Dawn
Downy
Duracell

SCORE: 46-79

Colgate-Palmolive 73
Ajax
Murphy Oil Soap
Palmolive
Suavitel
MEDICINE
CABINET
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SCORE: 80+

Bausch & Lomb 100 Neutrogena

Boston Pepcid AC
Ocuvite Reach
Optima Rolaids
PreserVision Stayfree
PureVision Sudafed
ReNu Tylenol
Sensitive Eyes Visine
Sight Saver Kimberly-Clark 100
SofLens Depends
Boehringer Ingelheim 100 Kleenex
Dulcolax Kotex
Zantac Scott
Estée Lauder 100 Novartis 100
Aveda 4-Way
Bobbi Brown Benefiber
Clinique Boost
Estée Lauder Bufferin
M.A.C. Comtrex
Origins Doan’s
Prescriptives Ex-Lax
GlaxoSmithKline 100 Excedrin
Abreva Gas-X
Aquafresh Habitrol
Citrucel Maalox
NicoDerm CQ Night & Day/O2OPTIX
Nicorette No-Doz
Os-cal Tavist
Polident Theraflu
Sensodyne Triaminic
Tums Vagistat
Johnson & Johnson 100 Pfizer 100
Acuvue Cortizone
Aveeno Purell
Band-Aid S.C. Johnson & Son 100
Benadryl Edge
BenGay Skintimate
Clean & Clear Schering-Plough 100
e.p.t. Afrin
Imodium Bain de Soleil
Lactaid Claritin
Listerine Coppertone
Monistat Dr. Scholl’s
Motrin Tinactin
Mylanta
30

Unilever 100 Olay

AXE Old Spice
Caress Oral-B
Closeup Pantene
Degree Pepto-Bismol
Dove Puffs
Lever 2000 Scope
Pond’s Secret
Q-tips Tampax
Suave Vicks
Vaseline Zest
Avon Products 90 Bayer 80
ANEW Aleve
Beyond Color Alka-Seltzer
Color Trend Bactin
Perfect Wear Midol
Skin-So-Soft One-A-Day
Ultra Color Rich Lipstick Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia
Procter & Gamble 85 Wyeth 80
Always Advil
Aussie Alavert
Clairol Anbesol
Cover Girl Caltrate
Crest Centrum
Fixodent ChapStick
Gillette Dimetapp
Head & Shoulders FiberCon
Herbal Essence Preparation H
Ivory Primatene
Max Factor Robitussin
Metamucil
Noxema

SCORE: 46-79

Colgate-Palmolive 73
Irish Spring
Mennen
Skin Bracer
Softsoap
Speedstick
 KIDS
SCORE: 80+

Bright Horizons Procter & Gamble 85

Family Solutions 100 Luvs
Brookfield Academies Pampers
College Coach Abbott Laboratories 80
Lipton Child Care Pedialyte
Bristol-Myers Squibb 100 PediaSure
Enfamil Similac
Kimberly-Clark 100 Bayer 80
Huggies Flintstones Vitamins
Pull-Ups
Newell Rubbermaid 100
Graco

PET CARE
SCORE: 80+

Clorox 100 Procter & Gamble 85

Ever Clean Eukanuba
EverFresh Iams
Fresh Step
Scoop Away

SCORE: 46-79

Nestle Purina 75 T Bonz

Alpo Tidy Cats
Beggin’ Strips Safeway 75
Beneful Priority Pet
Fancy Feast Colgate-Palmolive 73
Friskies Hill’s Pet Nutrition
Puppy Chow Hill’s Science Diet
PLANNING
A TRIP
SCORE: 80+

Alaska Airlines 100 Marriott International 100

American Airlines 100 Courtyard
American Eagle Fairfield Inn
Anheuser-Busch 100 JW Marrriott
Busch Gardens Renaissance
SeaWorld Residence Inn
Sesame Place SpringHill Suites
Carlson Companies 100 The Ritz-Carlton
Carlson Wagonlit Travel TownePlace Suites
Country Inns & Suites Orbitz 100
Park Inn away.com
Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts CheapTickets
Radisson Hotels & Resorts ebookers.com
Regent Hotels & Resorts hotelclub.com
Continental Airlines 100 Sabre Holdings 100
Harrah’s Entertainment 100 Travelocity
Bally’s Starwood Hotels & Resorts 100
Caesars aloft
Flamingo Element
Horseshoe Four Points
London Clubs International Le Meridien
Paris Luxury Collection
Rio Sheraton
Showboat St. Regis
Hyatt 100 W Hotels
Andaz Westin
Grand Hyatt US Airways 100
Hyatt Place Walt Disney Company 100
Park Hyatt Disney Cruise Line
Regency Hyatt Disneyland
Kimpton Hotel & Walt Disney World Resorts
Restaurant Group 100
 33

NEARLY 50% of all gay and lesbian

people say that a destination’s gay
friendliness is important to them when
making leisure travel choices. Source: Harris Interactive,
Travel Industry Association and Witeck-Combs Communications

Wyndham 100 Bellagio

AmeriHost Inn Circus Circus
Baymont Inn & Suites Excalibur
Days Inn Luxor
Howard Johnson Mandalay Bay
Knights Inn MGM Grand
Ramada Mirage
Super 8 Motel Monte Carlo
Travelodge New York-New York
Wingate Inn Treasure Island
Hilton Hotels 90 Northwest Airlines 85
Conrad Dollar Thrifty 83
Doubletree Dollar Rent A Car
Embassy Suites Thrifty Car Rental
Hampton Inn Avis Budget 80
Hilton Garden Inn Avis Rent A Car
Homewood Suites Budget Rent A Car
The Waldorf-Astoria Collection Enterprise Rent-A-Car 80
Southwest Airlines 90 General Electric 80
United Airlines 88 Universal Parks and Resorts
Delta Airlines 85 JetBlue Airways 80
MGM/Mirage 85

SCORE: 46-79

Royal Caribbean Cruises 55 Expedia 50

Celebrity Cruises Hotels.com
Hotwire
Trip Advisor
SCORE: 0-45, ?

Hertz ?
 STAYING
ENTERTAINED
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SCORE: 80+

Clear Channel Communications 100 Viacom 100

Katz Media BET
Cox Enterprises 100 CMT
Cox Cable/Newspapers/Radio Comedy Central
Travel Channel LOGO
Starbucks 100 MTV
Starbucks Hear Music Nickelodeon
The Walt Disney Co. 100 Noggin
A&E Paramount
ABC Spike
Disney Channel TV Land
ESPN Vh1
History Channel Hallmark Cards 90
Lifetime Hallmark Channel
Miramax Films Comcast 80
Pixar E!
SOAPnet G-4 Videogame TV
Touchstone Pictures Style Network
Time Warner 100 General Electric 80
AOL Bravo
Cartoon Network NBC
CNN NBC Universal
HBO Sci Fi
New Line Cinema Telemundo
Sports Illustrated Universal Pictures
TNT USA
Turner Broadcasting Sirius XM Radio 80
Warner Bros Entertainment Sirius
XM

SCORE: 46-79

AMC Entertainment 63 Loews Cineplex

AMC Theaters Movietickets.com

SCORE: 0-45, ?

Cablevision ? News Corp. ?

Optimum Fox
DIRECTV ? FX
Liberty Media ? Myspace.com
Game Show Network Virgin ?
Starz Virgin Broadband/Media
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TECHNOLOGY
SCORE: 80+

Apple 100 Lexmark 100

iPhone/iPod/iTunes Microsoft 100
Mac Hotmail
OS X Internet Explorer
AT&T 100 MSN
Cisco Systems 100 Office
Linksys Windows Vista
WebEx Zune
Corning 100 Motorola 100
Cox Enterprises 100 Sprint Nextel 100
Dell 100 Boost
eBay 100 Sun Microsystems 100
Paypal Java
Skype OpenOffice
StubHub Solaris
Google 100 Symantec 100
Blogger Norton
Picasa Texas Instruments 100
YouTube Xerox 100
HP 100 Yahoo! 100
Compaq Del.icio.us
Scitex Flickr
Snapfish HotJobs
IBM 100 Adobe Systems 95
Intel 100 Acrobat
Intuit 100 Flash
QuickBooks Photoshop
Quicken
TurboTax
Kodak 100
 45% of gay and lesbian adults say they
tend to upgrade to the latest model or version
of a product, compared with
heterosexual adults.
of
33%
Source: Witeck-Combs Communications/Harris Interactive

West 95 ALLTEL 80
FindLaw Amazon 80
KeyCite IMDb
Westlaw AMD 80
EarthLink 88 ATI
PeoplePC Comcast 80
Imation 88 Qwest 80
Memorex

SCORE: 46-79

Verizon 70 McAfee 53
IKON Office Solutions 65 Acer 50
IKON Gateway
APC 63 Nokia 50
Back-UPS
SurgeArrest
TravelPower

SCORE: 0-45, ?

IAC/InterActiveCorp ? T-Mobile ?
Ask.com Virgin ?
Dictionary.com Virgin Mobile
Evite
Match.com
Vimeo
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SCORE: 80+

American Express 100 Money

Food & Wine People
Travel & Leisure Real Simple
The New York Times 100 Southern Living
About.com Sports Illustrated
The Boston Globe Time
The International Herald Tribune United Business Media LLC 100
Time Warner 100 CRN
Cooking Light InformationWeek
Entertainment Weekly McGraw-Hill 80
Essence Architectural Record
Fortune BusinessWeek
In Style Standard & Poor’s

SCORE: 46-79

Gannett 65 R.R. Donnelley & Sons 55

USA Today Scholastic 50

SCORE: 0-45, ?

News Corp. ? Tribune ?

Barron’s Chicago Tribune
Dow Jones Los Angeles Times
MarketWatch Newsday
New York Post
SmartMoney
The Wall Street Journal
 YOU’VE
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GOT MAIL
SCORE: 80+

UPS 100

SCORE: 46-79

FedEx 55
FedEx Office

INSURANCE
HEALTHCARE

33% of self-identified gays and lesbians say

that an insurance company’s offering of domestic
partner benefits to its employees would be one of
the top three reasons why they would change pro-
viders and take their business to another insurance
carrier. Source: Witeck-Combs Communications/Harris Interactive
 41
SCORE: 80+

Aetna 100 New York Life 100

Allianz Life 100 Progressive 100
Allstate 100 Prudential Financial 100
Aon 100 Sun Life Financial 100
Affinity American Family 95
Combined Insurance Group
Chubb 100 CIGNA 95
CNA Insurance 100 Lincoln National 95
Esurance 100 Principal Financial Group 95
Hartford Financial Services 100 WellPoint Inc. 95
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care 100 Anthem
ING 100 Blue Cross Blue Shield
ReliaStar Lumenos
Kaiser Permanente 100 Unicare
MassMutual Life Insurance 100 Health Net 93
Babson Capital John Hancock 88
Baring Asset Manulife
Cornerstone Sierra 88
OppenheimerFunds Unum 88
MetLife 100 Colonial
New England Life Insurance Provident
Texas Life Insurance AIG 85
Nationwide 100 Quest Diagnostics 85
Allied Insurance Selective Insurance Group 85
Scottsdale Insurance Mutual of Omaha Insurance 80
Titan Insurance State Farm 80
Victoria Insurance

SCORE: 46-79

TIAA-CREF 78 Zurich 65
CUNA Mutual Insurance Group 65 Owens & Minor 55
Pacific Mutual 65 MediChoice
Vision Service Plan 65 Travelers 50

SCORE: 0-45, ?

Humana 45 Conseco ?
AEGON 40 Bankers Life
Transamerica Colonial Penn
AFLAC ? Genworth ?
Assurant ? Guardian Life ?
Berkshire Hathaway ? Berkshire Life
GEICO Park Avenue Life
National Indemnity Northwestern Mutual ?
Frank Russell
USAA ?
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