This perfect score, however, was subsequently suspended after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found that two transgender employees had been harassed on the job and discriminated against because of their gender identity.
In the Human Rights Campaign’s annual Corporate Equality Index of 2002 Walmart scored 14 out of a possible 100 in 2008 it scored 40 growing to 90 in 2016, by 2017 the score had reached a perfect 100 - after implementing changes to make the company more LGBT-friendly, such as adding insurance coverage for medically necessary care for transgender employees in 2016 - which was hailed by some mainstream reporters as 'a huge victory for the gay rights movement'. Over the past 15 years, though, they have made a remarkable - if not consistent - turnaround on LGBT matters.
The score on the HRC Corporate Equality IndexĪs to LGBT rights Walmart has a checkered history. They have long been known for generally taking a conservative stance: it pulled Maxim magazine from its shelves for its revealing content and canceled its order for Jon Stewart's best-selling 'America (The Book)' because it featured a fake photo of naked Supreme Court justices.
