To honor the launch of our Pride campaign, we are making an additional $150,000 total donation to nonprofits around the world to help in the fight for LGBTQI+ equity. In the past year alone, together with our employees, we have donated over $2 million to organizations that support the LGBTQI+ community. Microsoft is also continuing our longstanding support for LGBTQI+ organizations. Embracing 19 flags representing various gender identities and sexual orientations, they give visibility to groups that are still often overlooked and neglected today. Created with and by employees from the LGBTQI+ communities, these Pride products center on the intersectionality of the LGBTQI+ movement across race and ethnicity. This year Microsoft is making the largest and most inclusive Pride themed products in our company’s history. It’s an opportunity to give visibility to LGBTQI+ identities on a global scale by bringing Pride to our products, bringing messages of empathy and inclusion to billions of people, and donating to LGBTQI+ nonprofits working toward equity for all. Pride at Microsoft is a grassroots phenomenon created by employees across all continents.
