Is Royal Caribbean really LGBTQ friendly?

Royal Caribbean is a strong supporter of LGBTQ rights. The company offers same-sex partner benefits to employees, participates in and donates to public events and organizations that support LGBTQ rights, and donates to politicians who support or don't support LGBTQ rights legislation.
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Does Royal Caribbean have inclusive workforce protections?
Royal Caribbean has inclusive workforce protections, with policies that include both sexual orientation and gender identity & expression for all operations
Policy includes gender identity or expression for all operations
Policy includes sexual orientation for all operations
Does Royal Caribbean have an LGBTQ inclusive culture?
Royal Caribbean has shown sustained commitment to diversity through several initiatives like training for new hires and employees, executives performance tied to diversity goals, and policies that support an inclusive culture around gender identity and self expression.
Royal Caribbean has employee groups and/or diversity councils within the company to support LGBTQ employees, and has several programs around hiring, supplier selection, marketing, and philanthropy to support LBBTQ individuals, causes, and organizations.
Employee group –or– Diversity council
LGBTQ Corporate Social Responsibility
Three LGBTQ Internal Training and Education Best Practices
Three Distinct Efforts of Outreach or Engagement to Broader LGBTQ Community
Does Royal Caribbean offer LGBTQ friendly benefits to its employees?
Royal Caribbean has strong and inclusive benefits offering for US Employees.
Health Insurance and other benefits are equivalent when it comes to their coverage of spouses or domestic partners for different-sex and same-sex couples.
At Royal Caribbean Transgender individuals are offered equal health coverage, including medically necessary care.
Equal health coverage for transgender individuals without exclusion for medically necessary care
Equivalency in same- and different-sex spousal medical and soft benefits
Equivalency in same- and different-sex domestic partner medical and soft benefits
Latest news
The Best Travel Companies for LGBTQ+ Equality
The Human Rights Campaign has recently published its 2022 Corporate Equality Index, a national benchmarking tool that provides information on how corporations and businesses are doing to promote LGBTQ+ inclusion. This year, there were 842 companies that earned the top scores in the index and earned the title of “Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality,” and some of those include notable names in the travel industry.
by Travel Pulse
Human Rights Campaign report on Royal Caribbean Group
Royal Caribbean has earned top marks in Human Rights Campaign's 2021 Corporate Equality Index
by Human Rights Campaign