What is The Lavender List?
Report cards for 124 companies that recruit MBAs, grading how they treat LGBTQ+ (especially trans) employees. It's a starting point for your own research, not the final word.
How can I get the most out of this tool?
Start with what matters most to you: use Filters to sort by an issue like trans health coverage. Open a report card and read the red flags and the teacher's remarks first. Click [src] on any mark to see the evidence yourself. Ask Mx. Lavender to compare companies or rank them by your priorities. Then take the “weakest spots” into your coffee chats and interviews, and ask the company directly.
I'm trans, nonbinary, or gender-nonconforming. What should I look at first?
Five items speak most directly to you: transgender health coverage, gender transition guidelines, the job application form (gender options and chosen name), support in hostile places (relocation and travel coverage for care), and the response to the 2025 backlash. In Filters, set Issue to transgender health coverage to rank every company on it. “Nothing public” doesn't mean a benefit is missing, only that the company doesn't say. You can ask HR for the benefits plan document, usually after an offer, without sharing anything about yourself. Mx. Lavender can help you word that question.
Which companies are included, and why?
The 124 companies that show up on at least 3 of the published Class of 2025 hiring lists from 14 top MBA programs: HBS, Wharton, MIT Sloan, Chicago Booth, Kellogg, Columbia, Yale SOM, NYU Stern, Duke Fuqua, Berkeley Haas, Michigan Ross, Cornell Johnson, Tuck and UVA Darden. (Stanford GSB doesn't publish a list.) Each report card says which of those lists the company is on. Some schools list every employer and others only their top hirers, so big recruiters show up on more lists.
How are grades calculated?
Each company is checked on 14 items in 4 areas: policies & benefits, real-world record, advocacy, and outside rating. Each area gets a sub-grade, and all 14 items combine into the overall grade. Items marked “★ Counts most” weigh the most, and a weak mark on one caps the overall grade at C-.
Why does a company say “Incomplete”?
We only give a letter grade when we found public records for at least 70% of the items, including every ★ item. We never guess, so if too little is public, the grade is withheld. The marks we did find are still shown.
Where does the data come from, and how current is it?
Only public sources: the HRC Corporate Equality Index, company benefits and policy pages, court records, political-giving databases, and news. An AI agent gathered the evidence and checked it in a second pass, and every mark links to its source. Data was last updated October 26, 2026.
Is my visit private? Is my chat with Mx. Lavender private?
This site doesn't record IP addresses, set cookies, or load anything from other companies (even the fonts come from here). It only keeps anonymous daily totals, like how many people visited and how many report cards were opened, never anything about you. Chats aren't saved, and you never need to share your name or identity. Your questions are sent to an AI service to answer them, with logging turned off on our side. Two limits to know: your internet provider or workplace network can still see that you visited, and clicking a [src] link takes you straight to that outside site. For extra privacy, use a VPN or Tor Browser. Mx. Lavender can't give legal or medical advice.