The Out & Equal Workplace Institute has launched the Diversity Leaders Research Initiative (DLRI).

In 2007 the Institute will develop an LGBT identity survey tool, which businesses can use to measure success on recruitment, retention and professional development of their LGBT workforce. We are currently seeking corporate case studies of companies that have implemented an LGBT self-ID survey. If your company has conducted such a survey, please contact us at institute@outandequal.org.

Learn more about the research initiative.

The goal of this initiative is to address challenges to LGBT workplace equality by focusing academic, peer-reviewed research on specific issues facing corporations, and providing these research results in business-friendly formats.

A special thanks goes to IBM, which has provided critical funding and technology support for this initiative.

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About the Out & Equal Workplace Institute

The Out & Equal Workplace Institute was founded to provide thought leadership in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workplace equality by facilitating and encouraging the very best in LGBT workplace research and practice. 

Through the work of the Institute, Out & Equal aims to bring together the voices of workplace practices and scholarship to enhance the work of both.  This work is done by many and diverse individuals and institutions throughout the world, many of whom are working independently. 

To this aim, the Out & Equal Workplace Institute was founded in Fall 2005, and inaugurated with the First Annual Workplace Institute Symposium at the Out & Equal Workplace Summit in Denver, Colorado.  There, researchers, executives and diversity professionals discussed the state of LGBT workplace research and what is needed for future collaboration.

For more information about the Out & Equal Workplace Institute, please contact institute@outandequal.org.

We would like to thank the Gap Foundation for providing a start-up grant and additional funding to the Out & Equal Workplace Institute.