{"id":2566207,"date":"2026-02-06T16:49:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/queer-lobby-reports-65-drop-in-fortune-500s-celebrating-corporate-dei\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:56:07","slug":"queer-lobby-reports-65-drop-in-fortune-500s-celebrating-corporate-dei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/queer-lobby-reports-65-drop-in-fortune-500s-celebrating-corporate-dei\/","title":{"rendered":"Queer Lobby Reports 65% Drop In Fortune 500s Celebrating DEI"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fqueer-lobby-reports-65-drop-in-fortune-500s-celebrating-corporate-dei%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2566207&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Federalist piece by Breccan F.Thies argues that Fortune 500 firms are increasingly retreating from publicly disclosing their diversity,equity,and inclusion (DEI) efforts.It cites a Human Rights Campaign (HRC) finding that only 131 Fortune 500 companies participated in HRC\u2019s Corporate Equality Index (CEI) in 2026, down from 377 in 2025. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-seemingly-pours-cold-water-on-anti-trump-wapo-report-but-is-he-really-being-two-faced\/\" title=\"Pence&#039;s response to anti-Trump WaPo report: Genuine or two-faced?\">article frames<\/a> this 65% year-over-year drop as part of a broader shift as the federal government tightens DEI-related policies and redirects taxpayer dollars away from organizations promoting DEI ideology.It contends that CEI mainly reflects whether companies are willing to publicly market their DEI efforts, not necessarily whether those policies are actually implemented, noting that 2025\u20132026 data show continued or increased implementation across CEI criteria. The piece suggests the decline may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-orgs-panic-after-right-wing-parties-surge-in-european-elections\/\" title=\"Media ... Alarmed as Right-Wing Parties Gain Ground in European Elections\">reflect political winds<\/a> rather than a true abandonment of DEI, arguing that companies often \u201cplay to the wind\u201d and could resume advocacy when political conditions favor the left. It also highlights that many firms still maintain high CEI scores and that thousands of companies continue to participate in DEI\u2013related activities, even as some major brands privately distance themselves from HRC\u2019s agenda. The author concludes with a call for scrutiny by federal agencies into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-republican-party-more-popular-than-ever\/\" title=\"Poll: Republican Party More Popular Than Ever\">corporate hiring practices<\/a> while emphasizing his view that DEI activism remains influential in corporate America.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span>Breccan F. 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According to a 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/press-releases\/new-hrc-foundation-research-underscores-strength-and-strain-of-moment-on-lgbtq-workers-future-liability-to-companies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>, only 131 Fortune 500 companies in 2026 are participating in HRC&rsquo;s Corporate Equality Index &mdash; the primary measure of corporate ideological compliance for HRC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1446395776\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That is down from 377 Fortune 500 companies in 2025. Part of the decrease, HRC says, is so companies can <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >maintain federal contracts<\/a> as the Trump administration has cracked down on DEI and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">awarding taxpayer dollars<\/a> to companies that advance the ideology.<\/p>\n<p>The mere fact that these corporations drew back from their public display of DEI initiatives should not elicit conservatives&rsquo; praise. After all, the index is not measuring whether these companies are still participating in DEI, but rather whether they are willing to publicly brag about their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Year&#8209;over&#8209;year analysis of 2025 and 2026 submissions show that&nbsp;implementation of policies and practices measured by the CEI was sustained or increased, with no declines across any criterion,&rdquo; the report states. At best, the organizations that are no longer participating publicly are ones that blow with the political wind, and can be expected to return to their left-wing propagandizing the moment Democrats return to power.<\/p>\n<p>This reality points to the potential reason for HRC choosing to publish this data. At first glance, it may seem that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-transgenderism-moved-from-sideshow-to-the-main-stage\/\" title=\"How Transgenderism Moved From Sideshow to the Main Stage\">radical gender ideology movement<\/a> is losing steam, but in reality, HRC&rsquo;s data is a shot across the bow reminding companies that their disloyalty will not be forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>When the political situation is more favorable to the left, as it had been for years, the HRC typically holds corporations hostage by intimidating them into compliance with their demands. That can typically mean DEI trainings and employment strategies, capitulations to gay and &ldquo;transgender&rdquo; ideology, and persistently showing proof that they are advancing far-left agendas as companies.<\/p>\n<p>HRC uses its scoring system to keep corporations under its thumb, and despite the drop in Fortune 500s, 1,450 companies still participated in the group&rsquo;s ideological purity test, and 534 received a score of 100. That means nearly 6 million Americans are employed by companies that got a perfect compliance score from HRC, while millions more work at companies that strive to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Since the movement against DEI ideology in corporate America and academia has started to take hold, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/02\/04\/corporate-dei-index-hrc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">companies<\/a> like Ford Motor Company, Walmart, Lowe&rsquo;s, and Tractor Supply have quietly dropped their former public support of HRC&rsquo;s political agenda.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the responsibility of federal officials at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Justice to find out what kinds of discriminatory hiring decisions are being made in secret at America&rsquo;s major corporations.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Breccan F. Thies is the White House correspondent for The Federalist. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. As an investigative journalist, he previously covered education and culture issues for the Washington Examiner and Breitbart News. He holds a degree from the University of Virginia and is a 2022 Claremont Institute Publius Fellow. You can follow him on X: @BreccanFThies.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Breccan F. 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