Google Pushing for Gay Rights With Worldwide ‘Legalize Love’ Campaign
Google has launched a worldwide campaign for gay rights, a top executive said Saturday.
The “Legalize Love” initiative is to promote human rights and tackle employment discrimination in countries with “anti-gay laws on the books,” Google said in a written statement, according to CNN.
Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe, the company’s head of diversity, made the official announcement during an LGBT professional summit in London. The campaign’s first two target countries are Poland, which does not recognize same-sex couples, and Singapore, which criminalizes gay sex. “Legalize Love” will eventually spread to every country where the search engine giant has offices, according to the LGBT professional networking site Dot429....