Former BP CEO: 'Glass Closet' Still Holds Many Gay Workers Back : NPR

Contents:

• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
• FIRST CEO OF MAJOR PANY TO PUBLICLY SAY HE'S GAY ON WHY THERE ARE SO FEW OPENLY LGBTQ EXECUTIV ON BOARDS
• FORMER BP CEO: 'GLASS CLOSET' STILL HOLDS MANY GAY WORKERS BACK
• AMONG GAY C.E.O.S, THE PRSURE TO CONFORM
• JT 7 YEARS AGO, THE CEO OF BP QU HIS JOB BEE HE DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW HE WAS GAY
• GAY PORTO

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU

Gay and Bisexual Men's Health Issu. Rearch has shown that the followg are some of the most mon health ncerns faced by gay and bisexual men.

FIRST CEO OF MAJOR PANY TO PUBLICLY SAY HE'S GAY ON WHY THERE ARE SO FEW OPENLY LGBTQ EXECUTIV ON BOARDS

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John Browne rigned as CEO of oil giant BP  2007 after beg outed as a gay man a Brish tabloid. At the time, he was the first CEO of a major publicly trad pany to publicly acknowledge he was years later, the Lord Browne of Madgley wrote about the double life he and others led as closeted gay executiv "The Glass Closet: Why Comg Out Is Good for Bs. Former BP CEO: 'Glass Closet' Still Holds Many Gay Workers Back.

FORMER BP CEO: 'GLASS CLOSET' STILL HOLDS MANY GAY WORKERS BACK

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If you look at the S&P 500, there isn't one out gay CEO.

AMONG GAY C.E.O.S, THE PRSURE TO CONFORM

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTCommon SenseAmong Gay C. S, the Prsure to Thompson for The New York TimJune 27, 2014In 2007, John Browne, Lord Browne of Madgley, rigned as chief executive of the Brish oil giant BP after beg outed as gay by the tabloid The Mail on Sunday: “The Te story about Lord Browne — by ex-rent boy lover.

Browne said then, “I have always regard my sexualy as a personal matter, ” tacly nfirmg that he was gay. Now, he has wrten a ndid and unsparg book about his tortured life as a closeted gay chief executive, “The Glass Closet: Why Comg Out Is Good for Bs. ”Such attus may help expla why there are no publicly gay chief executiv at any Fortune 500 pany, acrdg to Richard Zweigenhaft, -thor of “Diversy the Power Ele” and a psychology profsor at Guilford College North ’s not to say there haven’t been any gay chief executiv at major rporatns — Mr.

JT 7 YEARS AGO, THE CEO OF BP QU HIS JOB BEE HE DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW HE WAS GAY

Browne is unique only bee he was outed — and there are gay chief executiv today, some of whom lead relatively open liv. But th far, none have been willg to publicly acknowledge beg gay. I reached out to several of them for this article, and all refed to be mak the rporate rner sue one of the last ontiers for gay civil rights, now that even a profsnal football draft pick, Michael Sam, has publicly acknowledged beg seems pecially bafflg given recent advanc gay civil rights.

GAY PORTO

And even for gay people who have managed to get there, g out publicly vlat a norm that chief executiv don’t urt personal publicy or raise issu that might distract om the pany’s bs. Browne says was his efforts to nform to the homophobia he nonted — “my overwhelmg sire to nceal my sexual orientatn, ” as he puts — that led to his undog.