Out & Equal Summit Day 4 - Thursday

Missed the train by maybe 30 seconds so I caught the bus instead. There was a major wreck in the HOV lane southbound under the Boeing Freeway overpass. Had a smoked salmon and spinach crepe for breakfast. Shira from the Trevor Project loved my Taz tie.

Bullish on Inclusive Retirement
Michael Bailey (bear at lectern)
Shelley - moderator
Objectives: Individual retirement planning, making company retirement benefits more inclusive.
Karen - institutional retirement mgmt. Wife and mother, LGBTQ advocate. Helping employees live their best financial lives. Over 1/2 if employees financially stressed, wasting 3 or more hrs/week on personal finance (4 for millennials). Starting a family or caring for a seriously ill family member is expensive. Need one on one advice.
Bill - financial advisor. Works with their own ERG and external partners. 7 buckets see slide. 42% of older LGBT+ folks fear they will outlive their retirement savings. SAGE is accrediting nursing homes etc. Folks being cared for elsewhere often forced back into the closet bc the facility doesn't know how to deal with them. Importance of long term care insurance. Lincoln Financial Money Guard is basically annuitized Long-Term Care insurance. Will, Medical POA, Financial POA are critical.
Miriam - Myth of rich gay men is based on spending habits (DINK on steroids) not on income. 19% have a will or estate plan. Traditionally LGBT+ has been underserved by the financial industry. We don't feel affluent enough. Starting a family takes longer and costs more. IUI - intrauterine insertion (aka turkey baster) less expensive. IVF (test tube) reciprocal (mom 1 supplies egg, mom 2 carries baby) Surrogacy can be iffy. Plan 12-16 months for an adoption. Start early - even before you're ready
Edgar - RFRA is a reaction to the gains we've already made. Transgender stats. BoA funds medically necessary treatment through transition. Life Events Services team helps with marriages, divorces, *and transitions*
Comments from the floor - adoption from the foster system has financial benefits, plus disproportionate amount of LGBT+ kids in foster care.

Lunch at Blue C Sushi. Legion of Boom roll, double shrimp roll, sockeye nigiri, and tempura California roll.

Met James McManus from Deloitte in Chicago, he's from SC

TurnOUT 2018 - What's at stake
Ben Needham, HRC from DC
Chamber control (House and Senate)
Courts - Kavanaugh vote expected Saturday afternoon - resets polls
Redistricting
Control of state legislatures
MA ballot initiative - Yes on 3 (affirm gender identity nondiscrimination law)
Double LGBTQ representation in the US Senate by electing Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) US House - 12 HRC endorsed candidates replacing 5 current members
Governors - LGBT in that order - Lupe Valdez (TX), Jared Polis (CO), Kate Brown (OR), Christine Hallquist (VT)
Pass the Equality Act - non-discrimination for sexual orientation, gender identity
Ban conversion therapy - 15 states + DC
License to Discriminate (RFRA) - KS, OK, SC - Foster care and adoption
LGBTQ Youth - bathroom bills Transgender service in the military
Federal L2D executive orders
Access to Public Accommodations - bathroom bills
Legislative fights
Equality [state] organizations - maintain lists of candidates & issues, write model legislation
HRC lobbies legislators regardless of party. Staffers may also be pro-equality even if the legislator isn't.
ALEC, FRC write opposed model legislation
Companies can assist people to register to vote. They cannot tell people who to vote for, so they generally stay away.

Reception
Jim and Peter (from Scotland by way of Australia) and their colleagues at Marsh McClennan
Maurice (Chicago) and Andrew (London) from Chubb. Maurice talking about bears, otters... and Boeing tour. Suggested GoT line: I drink and I know things.
Two cute cubs (at least one trans ginger) from Symantec presumably Bay Area
Ryan from BEAGLES in 4" heels
Saw Chad but didn't converse
Got card from Suki (CEO)

Outie Awards
ERG of the Year - LGBT Alliance @ Cracker Barrel
Champion of the Year - Jennifer Henderson @ Capital One
Workplace Excellence - Sodexo