Microsoft sponsors Seattle Pride
3:11 PM
Seattle Gay News finally managed last week to get a scoop on what had been a very big gay-related story for a few weeks when they revealed the welcome news that Microsoft has become an official corporate sponsor for Seattle Pride.
According to SGN, the Redmond software giant donated $10,000 to Seattle Pride to become one of the group's "Titanium Band" sponsors.
That's a wonderful change in direction for the company which stumbled badly after it had failed to renew its support for a statewide civil-rights measure in the legislature. (The measure eventually lost in the state senate by a single vote.) They're still experiencing some fallout from that debacle, such as this Seattle Weekly story about the company's ties to GOP lobbyists following a severing of long-time ties to lobbyist Ralph Reed.
But all of that will probably be forgetten for a day or two at least when Microsoft's logo appears prominently during Pride week activities.
Technorati tags: Microsoft Diversity Gay
According to SGN, the Redmond software giant donated $10,000 to Seattle Pride to become one of the group's "Titanium Band" sponsors.
That's a wonderful change in direction for the company which stumbled badly after it had failed to renew its support for a statewide civil-rights measure in the legislature. (The measure eventually lost in the state senate by a single vote.) They're still experiencing some fallout from that debacle, such as this Seattle Weekly story about the company's ties to GOP lobbyists following a severing of long-time ties to lobbyist Ralph Reed.
But all of that will probably be forgetten for a day or two at least when Microsoft's logo appears prominently during Pride week activities.
Technorati tags: Microsoft Diversity Gay
Labels: Gay Seattle, Seattle Pride
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