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Equality is a fundamental right of every person.

In our offices, our stores, and with our customers, we welcome diversity and embrace equality. Our efforts have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), an American civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) equality. In the wake of several anti-LGBTQ+ bills in 2015, we joined 40 companies to sign HRC’s Equality is Our Business Pledge to show that we stand for diversity and equal treatment of LGBTQ+ members in our workplace. We also joined nearly 100 major companies as part of HRC’s business coalition to endorse the Equality Act—a bill that would establish full federal equality for all LGBTQ+ Americans. We supported the Why Marriage Matters Pennsylvania campaigns and celebrated the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision on marriage equality via our social media channels.

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Pride Month

AEO has been a proud supporter of Pride Month (June) since 2013, and we stepped up our commitment in 2015 by partnering with InterPride, an international organization that elevates community participation in Pride events worldwide. InterPride’s vision is a world where there is full cultural, social, and legal equality for all. And we LOVE it.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

GLAAD Spirit Day

We’ve partnered with GLAAD, the world’s leading LGBTQ+ media advocacy organization since 2013 to support “Spirit Day”, the world’s more visible anti-bullying campaign. We used our New York Times Square billboards to spread a message against bullying—an issue faced by many of our customers around the world.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ style=”inherited”][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ style=”inherited”][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ style=”inherited”][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ style=”inherited”][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ style=”inherited”][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ style=”inherited”][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ style=”inherited”][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ style=”inherited”][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ style=”inherited”][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ style=”inherited”][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ style=”inherited”][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″][/vc_row]