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Before coming out, media planner Megan Barta was apprehensive about how her coworkers would react to her sexual orientation. When talking about her weekend plans she always hedged a bit, saying \u201cfriend\u201d rather than \u201cgirlfriend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy biggest fear, behind telling my family, was experiencing negative repercussions at work because of my orientation,\u201d says Barta. \u201cI started to realize that if people were talking about their partners, there was no reason I shouldn\u2019t be able to do the same just because I was gay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the support of her coworkers at an \u201cincredibly supportive and inclusive\u201d advertising agency called Mintz+Holt, Barta wrapped a rainbow flag around her shoulders and joined the Portland Pride Parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Megan Barta (left) says marching in the Portland Pride Parade with friends from WeWork was an “incredible feeling.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Also cheering her on were other members at Portland\u2019s WeWork Custom House<\/a>. They formed a colorful contingent for the annual event that makes its way through downtown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo have the community at my WeWork office share the same values is a pretty incredible feeling,\u201d says Barta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides Portland, WeWork is participating in at least half a dozen other major events during Pride Month. Over the past three weeks there have been events in Boston, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. This weekend there will be others in Chicago and Seattle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With the theme “Always Love,” WeWork was one of more than 150 contingents participating in the Portland Pride Parade.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSeeing WeWork come together for Pride events around the country reinforces that it is focused on creating a better community and not just a company that leases space for others to work their 9-to-5s,\u201d says Collin Matthews, founder of the Boston-based Press Foundry. \u201cThis is one of the reasons WeWork resonates so much with us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grand finale this Sunday is in New York City, where WeWork will have its own float making its way down 5th Avenue. More than 500 members and employees have said they\u2019ll turn out for the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alex Johnson, who smiled for the cameras wearing one of WeWork\u2019s \u201cAlways Love\u201d T-shirts, says he was \u201chonored to march alongside of many of the same people who I work next to during the week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Boston, taking photos at a Pride Day celebration sponsored by WeWork St. James.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He said sponsoring the event was another reminder that WeWork is more than just a place to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cProviding a safe space for people to celebrate the differences within the community goes a long way in establishing a greater connection,\u201d says Johnson. \u201cIt feels much more like a family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For many members, the event was even more personal. For Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield, who identifies as transgender, lesbian, and an immigrant, says it made her feel like a part of the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn a new scary age where knee-jerk reactions seek to marginalize people based on their sexuality, assigned at birth gender, religious beliefs, or where they were born, being able to march in Pride with my friends and my neighbors at WeWork made me feel loved and supported for who I am,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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