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General Assembly's LGBTQ caucus criticizes State Farm for ending help for GenderCool
State lawmakers with the LGBTQ caucus are criticizing State Farm for ending its partnership with a nonprofit organization that promotes LGBTQ education for children.
The group, GenderCool, worked with State Farm to provide books about gender equity for children ages 5 and up that State Farm agents and employees could distribute to teachers, libraries and community centers. But after facing a conservative backlash over the partnership, State Farm last week rescinded its support for GenderCool. The company said “conversations about gender and identity should happen at home with parents” and that it no longer supports “the program allowing for distribution of books in schools.”
In response, five lawmakers with the General Assembly’s LGBTQ Caucus and the group Equality Illinois issued a statement saying they were disappointed that State Farm “chose to make a knee- jerk concession to bigotry rather than stand in solidarity with our LGBTQ community and our allies who support inclusion.”
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Insurance company State Farm said Monday that it would dissolve its relationship with The GenderCool Project, an organization that supports transgender and non-binary youth, after facing backlash from some customers.
The company said it would no longer support the organization after some customers and staff members became concerned that it was providing LGBTQ-themed books to schools and public libraries. The announcement comes amid a growing conservative movement in the U.S. to ban gender identity and LBGTQ topics from being discussed in educational facility curriculums.
"State Farm's support of a philanthropic program, GenderCool, has been the subject of news and customer inquiries," the company said in a statement to reporters late Monday. "Conversations about gender and identity should happen at home with parents. We don't support required curriculum in schools on this topic. We assist organizations providing resources for parents to have these conversations."
The company added that it will "continue to explore how we can support organizations that provide tools and resources that align
State Farm Stands Proud in Back of Landmark Ruling
In June of , State Farm® joined other companies and industry associations by signing a “friend of the court” brief (a.k.a. amicus brief). This was a national business-led effort to proclaim support for, and defense of, equal employment opportunities for all people. During the months following, the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed cases involving discrimination against the LGBTQ community. They weighed whether an employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
On Monday, June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling, essentially saying “yes it does.” Under federal law, it is now unlawful for an employer to fire or otherwise discriminate against individual employees for being gay or transgender. This is the position State Farm advocated for by signing the amicus brief last year.
“At Declare Farm helping people and improving the communities where we verb and work is not just what we do, it’s what we believe in. That’s why we were proud to signal the ‘friend
State Farm will stop donating LGBTQ-themed books to schools after an email about the program leaked online
State Farm is stopping a program that would donate LGBTQ-themed books to schools after an internal email detailing the program leaked online.
"State Farm's support of a philanthropic program, GenderCool, has been the subject of news and customer inquiries," the company said in a statement to Insider.
"This program that included books about gender identity was intended to promote inclusivity. We aid organizations that provide resources for parents to have conversations about gender and identity with their children at home. We verb not support required curriculum in schools on this topic," the statement continued.
"As a result, we have made the decision we will no longer be affiliated with the organization. We will continue to explore how we can support our associates, as well as organizations that align with our commitment to diversity and inclusion, including the LGBTQ+ community," the statement said.
In an internal email obtained by the conservative