{"id":505973,"date":"2017-01-18T20:04:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T20:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/wilbur-ross\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:48","slug":"wilbur-ross","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/wilbur-ross\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilbur Ross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/davidmack\/commerce-department-eeo-statement-sexual-orientation-gender?utm_term=.wyN9Zme4O#.yiz3dPZYW\">Removed<\/a> sexual orientation and gender identity from the Department of Commerce Equal Employment Policy; LGBTQ protections have been explicitly included since 2010. Only after fierce opposition did Secretary Ross change it<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidmackau\/status\/875453338833346561\"> back<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Made homophobic and sexist jokes to a crowd while attending a Wall Street fraternity event. Only after he saw a journalist at the event did Ross then ask the journalist not to publish a story about the closed-door event.<a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2014\/02\/i-crashed-a-wall-street-secret-society.html\"> The journalist went on to publish this story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Photo Credit: Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":355,"featured_media":505974,"template":"","categories":[138754],"tags":[],"region":[138565],"hashtag":[138632,138634],"class_list":{"0":"post-505973","1":"gap","2":"type-gap","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"category-gaps","7":"region-national","8":"hashtag-politics","9":"hashtag-trump"},"aioseo_notices":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.8.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u2014Removed sexual orientation and gender identity from the Department of Commerce Equal Employment Policy; LGBTQ protections have been explicitly included since 2010. 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