One Reason Google Is One Of The Worlds Greatest Companies

Whenever I think of my blog I realize how charged it is. There is always something that to me is provocative and mentally stimulating. This blog was intended to be whatever is going on around me that I felt the need to share, well it appears the only thing I care to share is what makes me think and what I hope will also make you think. I often say how I'm gonna blog this picture or that song which are typically asinine and arbitrary but I never do cause I fell like I could be so much better than an image of Alex and I with crazy hair after snowboarding.

Anyway, in the true spirit of what this blog appears to be here is a blog post from Google, who could be one of the greatest companies ever to exist. This post was taken straight from their company blog.

November 20th marks Transgender Remembrance Day, which takes on a special significance in a world awakening to the need for unity among all people. In observing this day, the Gayglers — the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) group within Google — extend their wholehearted support to the LGBT community at large, as we reflect on the senseless violence perpetrated against transgender people around the world.

People who identify or express their gender differently than the one assigned to them at birth usually call themselves transgender or transsexual. All too often, they are subjected to a range of not-so-subtle prejudices and transphobia, from verbal abuse to physical violence. Imagine walking into a public restroom in a state of dread over a confrontation about your appearance. Imagine visiting a doctor and worrying about how far to "out" yourself to receive appropriate care. Studies suggest that transgender people are 16 times more likely to be killed than the general population -- earlier this month, in fact, a transgender woman in Tennessee was murdered -- and this is just the most recent of many such cases.

We're fortunate here at Google, where there are LGB and T people at all levels of the company, thanks to enlightened hiring and promotion practices that set aside sexual orientation or gender presentation. Ultimately, Google fosters a workplace where everyone has the ability to be themselves at work. For transgender employees in particular, that means everything.

On this Transgender Remembrance Day, take just a few moments to remember the trans siblings, parents, friends and lovers who lost their lives to gender-based intolerance and hatred. Let's all share in a future where tolerance and understanding transforms the world. And let's work to create a better place for everyone to live peaceably in an all-inclusive world community that merits our deepest pride.

Honestly though, I can't imagine a more amazing company. Social constructions being thrown out the window in favor of the right person for the right job coming in the front door. Jim Collins, Matt Brown, Warren Buffet, and any intelligent person would be so proud. I am!