Companies Lose by Reversing LGBTQ Support: Former Goldman MD

Companies that speak out in support of their underrepresented employees must stand their ground, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. managing director said, even as some of the US’s biggest brands face a backlash for public campaigns around the LGBTQ community.

“The important thing when you speak publicly is not to backtrack,” Maeve DuVally, who worked in corporate communications at Goldman Sachs and is now a diversity and inclusion consultant, said in a Bloomberg TV interview. “We have seen examples of companies that have backtracked. They have lost both sides of the equation.”

WATCH: Maeve DuVally, Communications, Diversity & Inclusion Consultant discusses inclusivity on Wall Street.

DuVally’s memoir, Maeve Rising: Coming Out Trans ...