Exxon is banning the LGBTQ-rights flag from being flown outside their Houston corporate office during pride month in June.
is banning the LGBTQ pride flag from being flown outside its Houston corporate office during pride month in June.
The company updated guidance on acceptable flags which can be displayed outside offices, which included banning "external position flags," including the pride flag and Black Lives Matter flag, according to the new policy obtained byThe rule does permit a flag representing an LGBTQ employees’ group to be flown, but it can't prominently display the Exxon corporate logo, according to the report.
Flags representing employee resource groups at the company can be displayed, according to a spokesperson, and told Bloomberg News it supports that. "The flags are directly related to our business and company support of our ERGs, including PRIDE for LGBTQ+ employees," the spokesperson said.
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