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Team NGLCC / photo credit: Robert Dodge Photography
NGLCC rebrands

to better include National LGBT

bisexual and Chamber of Commerce

The NGLCC, the business
transgender voice of the LGBT community, an- us know that we, along with the en-
tirety of Team NGLCC, have been
dedicated to advancing economic
nounced a new name and rebrand-
opportunities for all members of
th
ing at the organization’s 15 annual
community National Dinner awards gala. For- the LGBT+ community, and it’s
merly known as the National Gay
time for our name to reflect that
& Lesbian Chamber of Commerce,
ell said in a statement. “While our
the organization will formally short- commitment,” Nelson and Mitch-
en its name to its acronym “NGL- name may be changing, our mission
CC” and be known as the “Nation- always remains the same: securing
al LGBT Chamber of Commerce.” economic opportunity and pros-
By Melissa Lowery NGLCC co-founders Justin perity for the LGBT business com-
Nelson and Chance Mitchell said munity in the United States and
that the name change and visual around the world.”
rebranding reflect NGLCC’s com- NGLCC expects to see support
mitment to better include the bisex- for the LGBT business community
ual and transgender members of continue to grow, particularly with
the LGBT business community for the recent inclusion of LGBTBE
which the organization has fiercely spend as a category for the Billion
advocated over the past 15 years. Dollar Roundtable and to a com-
“Those who have worked with pany’s survey on the Human Rights

52 | December 2017 BEQ PRIDE