Gay and transgenr engeers nverged on a technology nference aimed at LGBT folks hosted on the Facebook mp last weekend. Here’s why many Silin Valley pani are takg this group serly.
Contents:
- MR. JT GAY
- WHY GAY ENGEERS MAKE THE ENGEERG INDTRY A BETTER PLACE
- NATNAL ORGANIZATN OF GAY AND LBIAN SCIENTISTS AND TECHNIL PROFSNALS (NOGLSTP)
- SYNONYMS FOR GAY ENGEER
- QUEER & NERDY: WHY YOUR STARTUP SHOULD HIRE A GAY VELOPER
MR. JT GAY
Tech pani are creasgly acceptg of gays and lbians * gay engineer *
Meyer is days, engeers and the anizatns that employ them may accept the need to diversify the profsn terms of race, genr, relign, and physil abili, but sexual orientatn remas a prickly topic�wns the recent ntroversy over gay marriage the U. He rells male classmat engeerg school jokg about gays ont of him, obliv to his sexual orientatn. Thgs might be tougher for gay men engeerg, a profsn that is tradnally "whe, male, and nservative, " Meyer says, bee "gay [men] are stereotypilly nsired feme and weak and more to artsy stuff.
C., advocy anizatn for the gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr (GLBT) muny, attus are shiftg. " Many high-tech employers, for example, now clu gays and lbians their diversy 's still room for improvement, though.
WHY GAY ENGEERS MAKE THE ENGEERG INDTRY A BETTER PLACE
r/gaygeers: * gay engineer *
In the HRC x, most of the tech employers that offer benefs to gays (such as health-re verage for domtic partners) still don't clu transgenred dividuals their equal-employment polici. Workplace, as society, gays and lbians are not yet regnized as a group that serv benefs and legal protectn. "It is still legal 36 stat to fire employe who are gay, " says Daryl Herrschaft, puty director of HRC's WorkNet, a program that provis up-to-date rmatn on workplace polici and laws throughout the Uned Stat.
" Even though she hadn't seen overt discrimatn, she didn't tell -workers she was a lbian, bee she didn't feel that most people were aware of, and fortable wh, gay and lbian today are much more acceptg of the GLBT muny, Icenogle says. "Icenogle is now chair of Lucent's GLBT support group, where gay employe n raise workplace issu of tert to them.
NATNAL ORGANIZATN OF GAY AND LBIAN SCIENTISTS AND TECHNIL PROFSNALS (NOGLSTP)
Jt Gay is the Deputy Engeer and Chief, Programs and Project Management Divisn, USACE Los Angel District., * gay engineer *
To ensure that other nongay employe bee faiar wh GLBT issu, Icenogle suggts that pani clu sexual orientatn their diversy trag programs, as well as provi workshops and talks on gay issu for all employe and their fai and social attus regardg sexualy change, employers will evably have to adapt.
"Younger people are more aware of their sexualy, and are g out more and more, " not Barbara Belmont, treasurer of the Natnal Organizatn for Gay and Lbian Scientists and Technil Profsnals Inc., a group that works to elimate discrimatn agast homosexuals. Timothy Meyer, for one, believ attus toward gays will ntue to improve. In the Uned Stat, there is the Natnal Organizatn of Gay and Lbian Scientists and Technil Profsnals (NOGLSTP), NuclearPri, 500 Queer Scientists, LGBT STEM, and oSTEM.
I wanted to wre an article celebratg the works of the most fluential gay, lbian, transgenr and bisexual novators, ventors and scientists throughout history. However, there was a are jt not many lists of famo homosexuals the homosexualy has often been associated wh the arts and creativy, has never been as openly accepted wh the scientific muny.
SYNONYMS FOR GAY ENGEER
Another way to say Gay Engeer? Synonyms for Gay Engeer (other words and phras for Gay Engeer). * gay engineer *
Ined, beg a homosexual was a crimal offense many untri until recently (and many untri, ntu to be today), which will have prevented many historil figur om g out of the closet. In the UK, before 1967 (jt over 50 years ago) homosexualy ed to be punishable by sentenc as harsh as life imprisonment.
As a rult, many of history’s greatt homosexual scientists may have hidn their te inty.
QUEER & NERDY: WHY YOUR STARTUP SHOULD HIRE A GAY VELOPER
* gay engineer *
However, the gay muny has a long history of ntributns to science and I have piled a number of proment novators, scientists, and ventors who were LGBTQ, as they have eher openly admted to beg gay or historil rerds of their relatnships strongly suggt they were (see sourc at bottom of the article).
Historil not believe that he was primarily homosexual. Rpectg the potato kgHistoril acunts believe he was homosexual, which enraged his fay and society at the time.
His work was so fluential that this branch of enomics is known as Keynian of his re tes were the age of tert rat by central banks to balance the needs of enomic growth and an open homosexual his younger years, Keyn eventually also began datg women and married a Rsian ballera.