Tag: LGBT



On Thursday, December 4th, 2014, Olin’s LGBT graduate club BranchOUT, celebrated with more than 60 fellow students the recent decision by a state judge overturning Missouri’s constitutional ban on gay marriage.

Sadie Pierce (left) and Lilly Leyh were the first same-sex couple legally married in Missouri. (Love and Perry Photography)

Sadie Pierce (left) and Lilly Leyh were the first same-sex couple legally married in Missouri. (Love and Perry Photography)

The ruling immediately set off a rush among some same-sex couples to apply for marriage licenses, including Lilly Leyh, dual degree candidate at Olin (MBA) and Brown School (MS in social work).  Lilly and her spouse Sadie Pierce were the first in line to receive legal marriage documentation. Read more in the Record.

The event was co-sponsored by the Weston Career Center. For more information, go to BranchOUT campus groups page.




Olin Business School and the Human Rights Campaign — the largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans — hosted an LGBT Workplace Inclusion Conference at Washington University in St. Louis on Thursday, August 14th, 2014.

More than 50 attendees representing local firms, educational institutions, including WUSTL staff, faculty and students participated in the interactive session.   The conference focused on sharing best practices for making businesses and organizations fully inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

HRC LogoBeck Bailey, Human Rights Campaign Deputy Director of the Employee Engagement Workplace Equality Program discussed how organizations can gain a competitive advantage and improve their score on the HRC Corporate Equality Index, published annually by HRC.

Discussions on how to build a framework for equality, non-discrimination policies, equitable benefits and public engagement were also shared with the audience. The second half of the conference focused on how to build a transgender inclusive workplace, including an understanding of the individual transition process, implications for business, and best practices to secure transgender healthcare coverage.

Mark Brostoff, associate dean and director of Olin’s Weston Career Center, kicked off the conference.




Olin Business School and the Human Rights Campaign — the largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans — will host an LGBT Workplace Inclusion Conference at Washington University in St. Louis.

The conference will take place from 8:30 a.m.-noon Thursday, Aug. 14, in Bauer Hall, Room 240, on the university’s Danforth Campus. It will help businesses and organizations work toward being fully inclusive of LGBT employees. Sessions on the HRC Corporate Equality Index and becoming competitive in the global economy will be included.

Mark Brostoff, associate dean and director of Olin’s Weston Career Center, will introduce the conference.

Admission is free, but registration is requested here. For more information, email Brostoff@wustl.edu.




The national OUT for Work Conference was held in Chicago this past weekend and Mark Brostoff, associate dean and director of the Weston Career Center was there representing Olin. Brostoff participated in a panel discussion on best practices for career centers to provide services to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students seeking advice on transitioning to the workplace. For the fourth consecutive year, the Weston Career Center was recognized with the highest level of certification (A+ Gold) by the national OUT for Work Career Center Certification Program.