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Live Out Loud went behind the scenes with Pandora! LGBTQ+ students and their allies from all over the city packed the room to hear from an incredible panel of four out Pandora employees — from reckoning with their identities in their youth, the nuanced challenges and rewards of coming out, and the ways they never expected their careers and lives to evolve.

Live Out Loud got an inside look behind the scenes at NBCUniversal! LGBTQ+ and allied students lined the conference room to hear from six amazing out professionals who do all sorts of work at NBCUniversal. They shared openly their experiences with coming out, accepting themselves, and how they’ve seen the world change for LGBTQ+ people throughout their lives.

Live Out Loud got to go behind the scenes with Uber! After a quick game of get-to-know-you Bingo, where students, Uber employees, and Live Out Loud staff got to learn some fun facts about each other, our incredible panel of seven out Uber employees took the floor.

On October 16th, 2018, Live Out Loud got to go Behind the Scenes with Facebook! After snacking on pizzas and refreshments as we answered questions on our name tags, the students got to learn about Facebook’s LGBTQ+ initiatives, and their participation in Pride marches around the world. They learned about how Facebook has become a place where people are able to connect and create LGBTQ+ groups for different hobbies, sports, and support groups.

On March 9th, 2016, LGBTQ students and allies from NYC high schools had the chance to go to the Deutsch headquarters and hear from a panel of Deutsch’s LGBTQ affinity group. The panelists spoke about the power of finding many different kinds of role models to look up to.

On November 2nd 2016, Live Out Loud went behind the scenes with NBCUniversal! LGBTQ and Allied students from all over New York gathered in the NBCUniversal conference room to have a dialogue with out LGBTQ individuals who worked at the company.

On October 5th 2016, Live Out Loud went behind the scenes with BuzzFeed! LGBTQ and Allied students packed the BuzzFeed conference room and waited patiently to hear from a panel of 8 out LGBTQ BuzzFeed employees. Their patience paid off!

Visiting Johnson & Johnson makes you realize how much one company can make up so much our everyday lives. With global brands like Tylenol, Benedryl, and Neutrogena, it’s no wonder that this company has such a large and diverse staff in the tri-state area alone. Last week, Live Out Loud gave LGBTQ and ally students from across NYC the opportunity to meet the people who market and develop these products, as they talked about being openly LGBTQ or Allied in the workplace. As it turns out, the employees of Johnson & Johnson are really just as caring as their marketing suggests.