American Airlines welcomes Out & Equal Summit to DFW

Today, as a Titanium Sponsor of the event, American Airlines welcomed the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) professional conference, the 2011 Out & Equal Workplace Summit. Organizers of the Summit report they will host more than 2,500 business leaders from more than 26 nations and more than 250 major corporations.

American Airlines partners frequently with diverse multicultural organizations and business gatherings including the LGBT community. The company has consistently earned a 100 percent score on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index

American Airlines is also pleased to formally announce that 2011 will be the first year to include employee health benefit enhancements for gender reassignment procedures, as well as ensuring that same-sex domestic partners are included under Family and Medical Leaves of Absence.
Via press release