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06-JUNE-91
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First Meeting of BGLT employees with DuPont Corporate Human Resources—BGLAD is formed!
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09-JULY-91
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Our first semi-monthly meeting.
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NOV-91
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Faith Wohl, Corporate Human Resources Director, establishes Company recognition and support for BGLAD
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NOV-91
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DuPont Work Force Partnering supports the cost of meeting space for BGLAD.
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26-JUL-92
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"Sexual Orientation" is added to the DuPont and Conoco Nondiscrimination statements.
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27-JAN-93
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BGLAD presentation to the DuPont US Valuing People Team.
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12-FEB-93
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Bob Hill, BGLAD's Network Liaison is interviewed on WILM Newsradio.
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12-APR-93
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The BGLAD Library is established.
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25-MAY-93
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The first official BGLAD Steering Team is announced
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16-JUN-93
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"Sexual Orientation" is added to the DuPont-Merck Pharmaceutical Company's Nondiscrimination statement.
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07-DEC-93
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BGLAD publishes its Constitution and Bylaws
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23-FEB-94
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BGLAD Mid-Atlantic Chapter is formed.
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OCT-95
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DuPont Human Resources attends a Domestic Partner Benefits conference in New York
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07-NOV-95
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Ally and Steering Committee Member, June Cohen, receives a DuPont Work/Life award for her role in assisting a gay employee
transfer to the Wilmington area to be closer to his partner.
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04-JUN-96
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Bob Hill, BGLAD Network Liaison receives a DuPont accomplishment award and luncheon for his efforts in organizing and leading
BGLAD.
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NOV-96
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DuPont facilitates the international relocation of a same sex couple who are dual career DuPont employees.
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01-MAR-97
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The New Member Welcome Packet is issued to all members of BGLAD.
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10-APR-97
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DuPont Human Resources offers sexual orientation training sessions Company-wide.
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05-SEP-97
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BGLAD rolls out Domestic Partner Benefits Position Paper to DuPont HR leadership.
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18 SEP-97
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BGLAD web page is up and running.
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13-OCT-97
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BLGAD's 1st Speaker Event: Dave
Pallone, gay man and former major league umpire, speaks to a SRO audience at Barley Mill Plaza and the Nemours Auditorium. Corporate sponsorship for this event are provided by VP's Gary Pfeiffer
and Kurt Landgraf.
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22-JUN-98
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BGLAD's 2nd Speaker Event: Col.
Margarethe Cammermeyer, (Ret.) a Vietnam Veteran, Bronze Star recipient, VA Nurse of the Year, and the highest ranking officer to speak out on behalf of the gay and lesbian military service members
speaks at to SRO audience at the Experimental Station and the Nemours Auditorium.
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10-AUG-98
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Chad Holliday, DuPont Chairman of the Board and CEO meets with BGLAD to discuss workplace issues and Domestic Partner
Benefits.
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21- JUL-99
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John Jessup is the first DuPont VP Sponsor of BGLAD.
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04-OCT-99
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BGLAD's 3rd Speaker Event:
Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA), ten-term US Congressman from Massachusetts, speaks to SRO audience at the Nemours Auditorium. Congressman Frank's remarks are broadcast to all DuPont sites via
audio bridge.
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16-FEB-00
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Tom Connelly replaces John Jessup as the DuPont VP Sponsor of BGLAD.
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03-OCT-00
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BGLAD's 4th Speaker Event: BGLAD
and HR sponsor Betty DeGeneres, mother of actor Ellen DeGeneres. Wilmington-area and 25 DuPont sites participate via audio bridge.
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07-DEC-00
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BGLAD membership reaches 300; 60% of the members are Allies.
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JAN-01
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BGLAD name, mission and bylaws are amended to expressly include transgendered issues at DuPont.
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2001
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DuPont Pharmaceuticals Co. Sustiva® print advertisement featuring a gay marriage.
http://www2.commercialcloset.org/cgi-bin/iowa/portrayals.html?record=569
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JUN-02
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BGLAD participates on a "Gays in the Workplace" panel at Accenture, a global management consulting, and technology services
company.
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SEPT-02
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BGLAD unveils it's new logo  |
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OCT-02
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BGLAD's 5th Speaker Event: BGLAD and DuPont Office of Worklife and Diversity sponsor Faith Wohl, former Director, DuPont. Human
Resources. Ms. Wohl pioneered the Company's initiative to help employees balance their family lives and careers and was responsible for many of DuPont's efforts to improve its workplaces for women
and minorities. She has been recognized for her accomplishments in family and workplace issues by a number of national and community organizations.
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2003
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Our hard work in 2003 brought us these accomplishments:
We gain 24 new BGLAD members.
We participate in the DuPont Martin Luther King event, with our new BGLAD display board.
DuPont sponsors and is represented at Reaching Out 2003, a conference for GLBT MBA students.
We create BGLAD pins, which raise awareness around the company.
We hold two productive interactions with DuPont management on the journey toward domestic partner benefits and a
truly welcoming and respectful work environment across DuPont.
We participate in two DuPont network coalitions: DNA (Diversity Network Alliance) and the MEC (Mentoring
Excellence Committee).
We commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance for the first time.
We celebrate BGLT History Month with regular communications to the Network.
We educate DuPont corporate leaders about key issues with regular "BGLAD-grams."
We participate in a Domestic Partner Benefits strategy workshop sponsored by the Gill Foundation.
We nominated June Cohen for a DuPont Work/Life Award.
We staff the Delaware Pride event, which raises GLBT community awareness.
We celebrate National Coming Out Day. Wilmington/Barley Mill Plaza-Chestnut Run Plaza/Experimental Station;
DuPont Corian®; DuPont
i-Technologies and DuPont Performance Coatings hold site events.
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11-OCT-03
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DuPont celebrates National Coming Out Day.
Wilmington/Barley Mill Plaza-Chestnut Run Plaza/Experimental Station; DuPont Corian®;
DuPont i-Technologies and DuPont Performance Coatings hold site events.
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11-OCT-04 and
12-OCT-04
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DuPont celebrates National Coming Out Day.
BGLAD's 1st Corporate Conference (Wilmington): "Envisioning BGLAD's Role in the World's Most Dynamic Science Company. Keynote speaker is Sally Susman, Sr. VP, Estee Lauder companies; other
speakers include Riki Wilchins, GenderPAC; John Butler Jr., Witeck-Combs Communications. Reaffirming DuPont's global commitment to workplace equality, workforce diversity and DuPont's Core Value of
Respect For People in their presentations/discussions were DuPont Chairman and CEO Chad Holliday; Tom Connelly, Senior Vice President And Chief Science And Technology Officer; Jim Borel Senior Vice
President – DuPont Global Human Resources; Mathieu Vrijsen President - DuPont Europe, Middle East, and Africa and Willie Martin President - U.S. Region and Vice President - Diversity & Work/Life and
Human Resources Development for Operations.
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JAN-05
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DuPont offers Domestic Partner Benefits to U.S. employees.
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MARCH-05
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Craig Binetti joins Tom Connelly as the DuPont VP Co-Sponsor of BGLAD
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10-AUG-05
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Yerkes Chapter Formed
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SEPT-05
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DuPont joins a majority of Fortune 100 companies by participating in the September 22-24, 2005 Out & Equal™
Workplace Advocates National Summit meeting in Denver, Colorado. BGLAD and DuPont HR develop and facilitate 2 workshops on learnings from 14 years of networking. DuPont was also recognized for offering
same-sex domestic partner benefits through its Champion for Workplace Equality Award for June Cohen, the past BGLAD Management Advisor. Out & Equal's National Summit annually recognizes individuals,
diversity networks, and corporations that are leaders in advancing equality for LGBT employees in America's workplaces. Click to learn more
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11-OCT-05
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BGLAD BGLT employee survey results: baseline data on what it feels like to be a BGLT employee at DuPont. BGLAD hosts
internet/teleconference National Coming Out Day session to share survey results and coming out experiences.
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5-NOV-05
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DuPont and Out & Equal cohost a workshop on BGLTs in the workplace at the Society of Women Engineer's
conference. BGLAD participates in diversity network panel by DuPont.
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1-JAN-06
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DuPont extends life insurance benefits to same-sex domestic partners.
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1-MAY-06
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DuPont adds "gender identity/expression" to its Nondiscrimination Policy
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SEPT-06
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DuPont joins a majority of Fortune 100 companies by participating in the September 22-24, 2006 Out & Equal™ Workplace Advocates
National Summit meeting in Chicago, Illinois. DuPont puts on Workshop.
Click for more info
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SEPT-06
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DuPont scores 100 in the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index.
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26-APRIL-07
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Texas Gulf Coast Chapter formed.
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SEPT-07
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- DuPont joins a majority of Fortune 100 companies by participating in the September 27-29, 2007 Out & Equal™ Workplace
Advocates National Summit meeting in Washington DC.. DuPont sends (a record) 14 attendees to the Out & Equal Summit in Washington, D.C.; has meetings with the Human Rights Campaign and with
members of Congress.
- DuPont scores 100 on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index (2nd Year in a row!).
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10-AUG-07
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Tennessee Chapter Formed
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10-NOV-07
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BGLAD hosts a National Coming Out Day teleconference of U.S. Plant Managers who spoke to their experiences in self education, growth and
work to make their site safer for BGLTs. Over 160 DuPonters dialed in, including a dozen VPs and a dozen directors. The panelists were: Ellen Dahl (Trailee Park); Warren Hoy (DPS Gulf Coast); Bobby
Laughlin (La Porte); Ronald Lee (Yerkes);Joe Internicola (Old Hickory);John Wasilik (Memphis).
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