Lumen Technologies, formerly CenturyLink, has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. Lumen Technologies scored a 100 on the 2023 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group. By complying with the HRC’s controversial demands, Lumen Technologies increases the risk of dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders. The company covers transgender-related medical costs for its employees and their children and provides specific sexual orientation and gender identity-based benefits. It also uses sex and gender ideology criteria in employee recruitment, vendor selection, marketing, and philanthropic support. Lumen Technologies forces employees to undergo multiple ideological trainings and uses its reputation, corporate funds, and political influence to support controversial sex and gender ideologies, organizations, and legislation. The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees. Lumen Technologies is a corporate partner of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and a copper sponsor of Out & Equal. However, the company does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs and has not used its political contributions for ideological purposes. For these reasons, Lumen Technologies receives a High Risk rating.