Gold: Lane Furniture forced him to hide his sexual orientation
Mitchell Gold · Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Home Furnishings: Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams · Mar 28, 2022 · at 22:51
Mitchell Gold, co-founder of Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, discusses his time working as an executive at Lane Furniture in North Carolina in the late 1980s prior to founding his furniture company.
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“They had moved me down to North Carolina, and it became very obvious to me that I couldn't be out. I couldn't bring Bob with me to functions of the company functions when they had spouses, and their whole way of operating was just not honest, is the best way I can say it.”
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