AT&T: Our Commitment to
the LGBTQ+ & Ally Community

We promote diversity and oppose discrimination toward the LGBTQ+ community inside or outside AT&T.

• In 1975, AT&T became one of the very first major American corporations to adopt a policy prohibiting discrimination against employees based on sexual orientation.
• In 1987, LEAGUE at AT&T was established, making it one of the first LGBTQ+ and ally Employee Resource Groups in the nation, now with over 4,500 members across 36 chapters in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Mexico. The organization is comprised of dedicated employees wanting to make a difference at work and in the LGBTQ+ community.
• In 1998, AT&T adopted one of the first domestic partner benefits programs for LGBTQ+ employees.
• In 2006, AT&T was one of the first U.S. corporations to offer transgender-inclusive health care benefits.
• In 2021, AT&T launched Pronoun Pins for employees to share their preferred pronouns and show customers we respect all gender identities.
• In February 2021, AT&T reaffirmed its support of the Equality Act, extending full civil rights protections to our LGBTQ+ friends, coworkers, and family. AT&T has invested $200 billion with businesses and enterprises owned by minorities, women, service-disabled veterans, LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities in the last 52 years.

AT&T is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and being an employer, service provider and business associate to the LGBTQ+ community.

• Named one of the “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality” by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) for the 15th consecutive year, receiving a perfect score on the Corporate Equality Index for its fair treatment of LGBTQ+ employees.
• AT&T ranked No. 10 as a Top Companies for LGBTQ – DiversityInc 2021
• AT&T has been a DiversityInc “Top 50 Companies for Diversity” for 20 consecutive years.
• AT&T earned the prestigious Hall of Fame spot on DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity in 2020 and remained a member of the Hall of Fame in in 2021.
• Named one of the Best of the Best corporations committed to inclusion by the NGLCC and the National Business Inclusion Consortium in 2018–third year in a row.

Standing for Equality is a core value at AT&T, and we have been a proud ally of the LGBTQ+ community since 1975.

• In 2018, AT&T announced a multi-year initiative with The Trevor Project, the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. Since 2018, AT&T has committed $2.75 million to the Trevor Project, which has helped the organization modernize and transform their suicide prevention capabilities.
• In 2020, the LEAGUE Foundation awarded 15 scholarships to LGBTQ. The LEAGUE Foundation provides scholarships to LGBTQ+ college-bound high school seniors.
• AT&T supports initiatives that promote safety and inclusion for LGBTQ+ youth, including The Trevor Project’s suicide prevention and crisis intervention services, HRC’s Time to THRIVE conference, Born This Way Foundation’s work to promote wellness and empowerment for young people, , and the Tyler Clementi Foundation’s work with parents, educators, faith communities and employers to prevent bullying and build cultures of inclusion and acceptance.
• AT&T is a proud sponsor of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF).  For many years, AT&T has been a sponsor of the HRC National Dinner and HRC Foundation programs.
• Through funding and employee volunteering, AT&T supports various HIV/AIDS charities, including Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, SF AIDS Foundation, and AMFAR.
• AT&T is also a member of the HRC Business Coalition for the Equality Act, a group of leading U.S. employers that support the Equality Act, federal legislation that would  provide the same basic protections to LGBTQ people as are provided to other protected groups under federal law.