In the 50 years since the Stonewall uprising ushered in the modern gay rights movement, businesses have moved to embrace both LGBT consumers and their own non-straight employees, and to defeat new legal assaults on gay workplace protections.

Walmart’s Deal With Ellen DeGeneres Shows How Much America Has Changed

By Ben Steverman and Matthew Boyle

Shunned after she came out, the television star symbolizes the nation’s acceptance of gay rights.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Has a Coming-Out Party

By Jeff Green

The mainstream business lobby is helping train its members how to address LGBTQ issues.

A $300 Billion Rainbow Economy Is Booming in the Middle of China

By Bloomberg News

The capital of Sichuan has become a haven for the LGBT community.

Multinationals Seeking Top Expat Talent Battle Anti-LGBT Laws

By Bruce Einhorn

Some 70 nations have anti-gay rules, and many more have discriminatory policies.

The Supreme Court May Erode Decades of Wins for LGBT Worker Rights

By Josh Eidelson

In a trio of cases this coming term, the justices will hear arguments on whether it’s legal for bosses to discriminate against LGBT employees.

Former BP CEO John Browne on Corporate Life in the Closet

By Bloomberg News

Twelve years after being outed and resigning, he says he wishes he’d had an LGBT role model.