{"id":48614,"date":"2017-10-14T17:10:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T21:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=48614"},"modified":"2017-10-14T17:16:33","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T21:16:33","slug":"lgbt-business-council-national-coming-day-rainbow-bar-crawl-photos-john-delgrosso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=48614","title":{"rendered":"LGBT Business Council &#8220;National Coming Out Day with a Rainbow Bar Crawl&#8221; &#8211; Photos by: John DelGrosso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/john.delgrosso.photography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photos by: John DelGrosso<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"su_carousel_69f1bcb0b8bff\" class=\"su-carousel su-carousel-centered su-carousel-pages-yes su-carousel-responsive-yes su-lightbox-gallery\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\" data-items=\"2\" data-scroll=\"1\"><div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20-1-of-1-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-20\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20-1-of-1-1-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"20 (1 of 1)\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/21-1-of-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-21\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/21-1-of-1-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"21 (1 of 1)\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22-1-of-1-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-22\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22-1-of-1-1-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"22 (1 of 1)\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/23-1-of-1-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-23\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/23-1-of-1-1-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"23 (1 of 1)\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/24-1-of-1-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-24\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/24-1-of-1-1-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"24 (1 of 1)\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/25-1-of-1-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-25\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/25-1-of-1-1-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"25 (1 of 1)\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-nav\"><div class=\"su-carousel-direction\"><span class=\"su-carousel-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-carousel-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The LGBT Business Council celebrated National Coming Out Day with a Rainbow Bar Crawl. The crawl included sampling signature drinks a different color of the rainbow at the participating bars\/restaurants. Participants also received a signature bar crawl cup and complimentary appetizers from each location.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/domacihome.com\/pages\/about-us\">Domaci<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.franklinhillvineyards.com\/\">Franklin Hill Vineyards<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thebrewworks.com\/\">Bethlehem Brew Works<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edgerestaurant.net\/\">Edge<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebrickpa.com\/\">The Brick<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/apollogrill.com\/\">Apollo Grill<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tapasonmain.com\/\">Tapas on Main<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colonymeadery.com\/\">Colony Meadery<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ClustersBethlehem\/\">Clusters<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0The LGBT Business Council is a partnership of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce celebrating the diversity and inclusivity of regional businesses.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><u>The LGBT Business Council\u2019s core principals are as follows:<\/u><\/b><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Advocate on behalf of LGBT businesses.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Foster diversity in the Lehigh Valley business community.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Promote business networking and exchange in the LGBT business community.<br \/>\n<b>\u2022<\/b> Improve the quality of life of LGBT communities in the Lehigh Valley.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Provide education and mentoring to LGBT and allied professionals.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Offer LGBT-oriented employer\/employee training programs.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Promote non-discrimination policies in pursuit of a judgment free and accepting business environment across the Valley.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u200bThe LGBT Business Council welcomes new members!<br \/>\nTo learn more, email Angela DelGrosso at <a>angelad@lehighvalleychamber.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; 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