The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s 2025 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) is the national benchmark on corporate policies, practices and benefits impacting LGBTQ+ employees. Each year, the CEI is a primary driving force for LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion and provides a valuable and objective score in the adoption of critical measures of an employer’s commitment to workplace equality. Today, we are proud to share that Adaptive Biotechnologies has received a score of 80 out of 100. Adaptive’s 2025 CEI score is an important recognition of our ongoing efforts to enhance workforce protections and inclusivity for our LGBTQ+ team members as well as their families, friends, and colleagues. Adaptive is proudly committed to continually enhancing our programs and our culture of inclusion!

At Adaptive, we focus on the development and commercialization of clinical products that improve people’s lives. We also measure success by recognizing the value of our people, who make it all happen. This is why we are on a mission to perpetually enhance our culture and create an environment that embraces and celebrates individuality. This is because we know that fundamentally, you can’t be your best if you can’t be yourself.

Given our steadfast mission and inclusive culture, we have made meaningful enhancements to our programs and benefits – including gender affirming care benefits, HIV prevention, services and pharmacy benefits, parental leave benefits, and our employee assistance program — and organized them into one LGBTQ+ Benefits Guide for easier accessibility. Additionally, throughout 2024, our PRIDE employee resource group has continued to host a number of social events and speaking engagements focused on how all of us can support, serve, and increase Adapter awareness and understanding of the LGBTQ+ community.

We want to personally thank every Team Member, Manager, and Senior Leader who took steps small and large to thoughtfully create an inclusive culture that allowed this community to be seen, to be celebrated, and to thrive.  And we are particularly grateful to the many members of the Adaptive PRIDE employee resource group who, over the last 5 years, have encouraged and challenged us as a company to continuously raise our bar ever higher.  

As we look ahead, we know that we must always be evolving to meet the ever-changing needs of our Adapters in the years to come.  Adaptive’s mission is to create the best conditions for everyone to bring their whole self to work, optimize their Adapter Experience, and ultimately maximize our collective individual and professional success.

Pride Month is an opportunity to celebrate the history and progress made by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) community, while also reflecting on the ongoing challenges faced today. As the lead of the Adaptive Pride employee resource group (ERG), we arranged exciting programming with onsite lunches, social events, and speaking engagements focused on how to support, serve, and increase Adapter awareness and understanding of the LGBTQ+ community.

We kicked off the month in the sweetest way possible—with a rainbow cookie baking demonstration. As we whipped up these colorful treats, we were reminded how diversity enriches our lives and our workplace. Each ingredient, like each person, adds its own unique flavor to the mix, creating something truly wonderful when we come together.

Later in the month, we hosted a Lunch & Learn in collaboration with the Rainbow Center, a resource hub and safe space for the LGBTQ+ community located in Tacoma, Washington. Each year, the Rainbow Center provides direct services to 1,000 individuals, welcomes almost 4,000 visits, and touches the lives of thousands more through events and partnerships. 

Mary Woodard, education manager of the Rainbow Center, joined us virtually to teach us about the history of the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement in the U.S.—from the founding of the earliest LGBT rights advocacy organization in Chicago (1924), to the Stonewall Riot (1969), the first Pride March (1970), through the codification of the 14th Amendment, and legal right to marry (2015). This was followed by a discussion on the current state of LGBTQ+ advocacy, including a deep dive into the ACLU anti-LGBTQ bills tracker, with an explanation of the various types of attacks on protections and rights. For allies looking to deepen their involvement in advocacy, Mary emphasized the importance of expanding their understanding of the issues or challenges the community may be facing in their region or state.

Pride Month is an opportunity to look back on LGBTQ+ history, recount how we arrived at this moment in time, and contemplate how we move into the future and practice making the world a more inclusive and respectful place. It’s a time when allies can learn more about the diverse experiences, challenges, expressions, and personalities in the community. These learnings will serve as an inspiration well beyond the month of June.