{"id":121119,"date":"2020-01-31T14:25:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T19:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/lgbtq-issues-shine-during-the-world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-at-davos-with-glaad-the-ariadne-getty-foundation-and-the-partnership-for-global-lgbti-equality\/"},"modified":"2020-01-31T14:25:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T19:25:31","slug":"lgbtq-issues-shine-during-the-world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-at-davos-with-glaad-the-ariadne-getty-foundation-and-the-partnership-for-global-lgbti-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/lgbtq-issues-shine-during-the-world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-at-davos-with-glaad-the-ariadne-getty-foundation-and-the-partnership-for-global-lgbti-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQ Issues Shine during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting at Davos with GLAAD, the Ariadne Getty Foundation, and the Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality"},"content":{"rendered":"

LGBTQ Issues Shine during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting at Davos with GLAAD, the Ariadne Getty Foundation, and the Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality<\/b><\/p>\n

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GLAAD was on-the-ground in Davos, Switzerland last week with the Ariadne Getty Foundation<\/a> to raise awareness for LGBTQ people and issues during the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Annual Meeting welcomes the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. The mission of the World Economic Forum is simple: “improve the state of the world.”<\/p>\n

Acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, a member of WEF’s Board of Trustees, closed the week with an unforgettable performance at the Ariadne Getty Foundation’s LGBTQ dinner.<\/p>\n

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“Visibility of LGBTQ issues at a convening like Davos is a huge opportunity not only for LGBTQ people around the world, but for the global leaders in politics and business who attend the annual meeting,” said GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. “So many prominent leaders in attendance have locked arms with LGBTQ advocates and it’s clear that the time is right for the World Economic Forum and the Davos community to tackle LGBTQ issues throughout the year. The door is open to join together and create real change around striking down existing anti-LGBTQ laws and growing acceptance worldwide.”<\/p>\n

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Tonight Yo-Yo Ma played at @ariadnegettyfdn LGBTQ dinner at #wef20 with @glaad LGBTQ issues have been gaining traction and now we are breaking through. Next up: imagine the global leaders at Davos and at WEF taking on decriminalization and recognition of trans identities. Onward.<\/a><\/p>\n

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GLAAD and the Ariadne Getty Foundation hosted a panel entitled ‘Leading on LGBTQ Acceptance,’ featuring some of the biggest names in media, advertising, and business to share best practices for including LGBTQ people in internal policies as well as public communication.<\/p>\n

GLAAD’s Sarah Kate Ellis opened the standing-room-only event by speaking about the power of representation and called on companies in attendance to showcase LGBTQ people and families in advertising and other public communications.<\/p>\n

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I grew up and never saw an image of myself. I never saw a portrait of a lesbian woman being successful. For my kids’ generation we can change that, and I’m proud of @glaad & the @ariadnegettyfdn’s work to bring LGBTQ issues to the world stage today at #WEF20.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The crowd became emotional after an impassioned speech on the power of representation by P&G’s Chief Brand Officer Marc Pritchard.  As a company that reaches 5 billion people every day with their brands, P&G is choosing to use their voice in advertising to promote equality and inclusion. He shared how P&G is building LGBTQ marketing into the fabric of P&G’s brand building. During his remarks, Pritchard played an ad released by Gillette<\/a> featuring a young Black transgender man<\/a> shaving with this dad; shining the light on the power of a first shave and reinforcing a shared bond between all men<\/a>, transgender and cisgender alike.  He also showed an ad released in Europe by Pantene<\/a> reinforcing the power of hair as the most visible way for trans<\/a> people to represent themselves to the world.  Overall, Pritchard’s message was simple and inspiring for the corporate leaders in the room: “P&G supports all people. All families. We do not define families, love defines families.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

CNN International’s Richard Quest, a LGBTQ champion and leader in business journalism, moderated the panel discussion which included:<\/p>\n