Out & Equal, the 
national organization that champions safe and equitable workplaces for LGBT people, will hold its annual convention at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas in 2011, according to an e-mail we received Tuesday from the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau.
“I am happy to officially announce that the contract is in and it’s official. Dallas will be hosting one of the largest GLBT conventions in the country and one of the first in Dallas!!!” wrote Veronica L. Torres, directory of diversity & community relations at the CVB. “This convention will bring over 8 MILLION dollars in economic impact to Dallas!!! This is INCREDIBLE! We are so excited to see all of our community come together to make this happen. This convention will continue to build a platform for Dallas to stand on and show that we ARE a great city for GLBT business and conventions with a strong community to support it!!!”
According to Out & Equal’s website, the annual convention “boasts more than 2,300 attendees who participate in over 125 workshops and caucuses all designed to create an inclusive workplace. The abundance of activities and nationally celebrated keynote speakers result in an experience that has been described as ‘an enlightening watershed of information.'”
This year’s Out & Equal convention, known as the Workplace Summit, will be held in Los Angeles in October.
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This is excellent news for Dallas. The Out & Equal Workplace Summit is definitely the best opportunity to learn about ways to foster an inclusive working environment. I’ve attended seven Summits and I always return better informed and inspired.
This is very exciting news. It’s critical that we continue to bring conventions like these in 2011 so attendees can see all the cool projects going on in Dallas (so they decide to keep coming back). And in the case of GLBT conventions, it’s so important that we show people what a gay-friendly city we are despite the bad press that Texas in general gets.