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The activists say they want Amazon to use its economic power to assert its values of diversity, inclusion and tolerance. There's an edge of a threat to the campaign as well. The weekend after the Amazon finalist list was made public, emails began to fly among people who work for LGBT rights, and a loose coalition quickly formed.

National Gay Rights Group Says Amazon Should Avoid DFW For Next Headquarters

When Amazon executives recently toured the Dallas-Fort Worth area, one of 20 finalists — including Columbus — for a second company headquarters, local officials touted its growing workforce and low taxes as perfectly suited to accommodate 50, planned Amazon jobs. But the local team also brought an unexpected guest: the Rev.

Gay activists ask Amazon to avoid these cities for its second headquarters

Amazon has trimmed its list of potential cities for its second headquarters down to twenty. But one group of gay activists is pressuring the company to avoid some of the locations that made the cut. The tech behemoth, currently headquartered in Seattle, launched a public search for the site of its second headquarters, or HQ2, last year.

Gay-rights groups say Amazon should avoid these 9 cities for second headquarters

Rawlings and others acknowledge Texas offers no civil protections for victims of discrimination based on sexual orientation. Dallas' Unlawful Discriminatory Practices Relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression rule covers unlawful employment practices, unlawful public accommodation practices, and unlawful housing practices.