Opn | Gay men’s amic succs uld show how to close the genr gap - The Washgton Post

Contents:

• TREVOR BURGS, FIRST OPENLY GAY CEO OF PUBLIC BANK: ‘SUCCS IS THE BT REVENGE’
• GAY TO THE BONE: LGBTQ ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS AND CAREER SUCCS
• 3 KEYS TO GAY SUCCS AND GAY CONFINCE
• MASTERMD GROUPS FOR GAY MEN: HOW TO TAKE YOUR CAREER HIGHER
• GET REAL AT WORK GAY MEN'S CAREER COACHG
• OPN WHAT GAY MEN’S STUNNG SUCCS MIGHT TEACH ABOUT THE AMIC GENR GAP
• GAY MEN EARN DEGRE AT HIGHT RATE, STUDY FDS
• CHRIS COOPER – GAY ONLE LIFE COACH AND CAREER COACH
• ARE GAY PEOPLE BETTER ENTREPRENRS?

TREVOR BURGS, FIRST OPENLY GAY CEO OF PUBLIC BANK: ‘SUCCS IS THE BT REVENGE’

A May 2021 d of Glassdoor reviews found that gay and transgenr workers rated their job experienc lower than their heterosexual and cisgenr unterparts.

Below, Clark offers advice for gay and trans profsonials — as well as bt practic for the HR teams lookg to nurture LGBTQ employe. But he may be bt known as the first openly gay CEO of a publicly listed bank after the pany he found, C1 Fancial, Inc, IPO'd 2014.

)Of urse, Burgs' journey to succs as an openly gay man wasn't always easy. "I end up beg, I thk, the first openly gay person ever promoted to managg director at Man Stanley, " says Burgs, who spent a there om 1998 to 2008. (A spokperson for Man Stanley nfirmed that Burgs was among the first openly gay executiv to be promoted to managg director at the firm.

GAY TO THE BONE: LGBTQ ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS AND CAREER SUCCS

"Tim Cook is openly gay. Gay and lbian people were always there. "Here, Burgs talks to CNBC Make It about g out llege, climbg the ranks while openly gay and his advice for the growg up: 'I was a prec kid'I grew up wh a sgle mother Hanover, New Hampshire, where there are more ws than people.

I thk 's bee I didn't have much realizg he was gay: 'I had no name for 'When you velop those feelgs as an 11-, 12- or 13-year old, they n put a name to [today]. I had been the print of my aterny and end up rigng and beme print of the gay stunts' I moved to Boston after graduatn.

As a prec 21-year-old, I ran an experiment: On half of my [job] applitns, I left off that I was print of the gay stunts' group. On the [other] half, I put that I was print of the gay stunts' group.

3 KEYS TO GAY SUCCS AND GAY CONFINCE

It was really neat to go work for a pany that 1994 was fortable hirg an openly gay that pot on, I sort of never had a filter. But there were all sorts of crazy cinc of slurs and discrimatn and clients tellg crazy stori about hatg gay people and hatg people who have was very much of that time of the sort of the late 1990s and then thgs really started to change a ltle 's sort of the advice that I give to people, that life is not always fair.

I really wanted to help shape a different sort of environment where people, whether they're gay, women or people of lor, uld be much more thentic wh themselv. ]On endurg antigay sentiment: 'The were really their problems, not my problem'It really helped me velop a very thick sk durg that time and realizg that the were really their problems and not my problem. Orr is a member of GLMA: Health Profsnals Advancg LGBTQ Equaly (prevly known as the Gay & Lbian Medil Associatn) and a member of the NYU Langone Orthopaedic Diversy and Incln Commtee.

Here is a look at some of the bt jobs that relate to or directly support lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer issu.

MASTERMD GROUPS FOR GAY MEN: HOW TO TAKE YOUR CAREER HIGHER

8% of gay, lbian, or bisexual youth report havg nsired suici the prev year, pared to 13. There are gay pri events all over the world, om San Francis’s inic summer celebratn to Sydney's legendary Mardi Gras. In March 2022, for stance, Florida passed legislatn that bans discsn of sexual inty and genr, often referred to as the "Don't Say Gay" law.

Most ci have LGBTQ muny centers that serve as meetg pots for the gay muny. If you are a news junkie who's well versed the gay muny, you might want to nsir workg as a journalist.

GET REAL AT WORK GAY MEN'S CAREER COACHG

While you n work any beat, many news outlets ter specifilly to the gay muny.

OPN WHAT GAY MEN’S STUNNG SUCCS MIGHT TEACH ABOUT THE AMIC GENR GAP

Huffgton Post Gay Voic, The Advote, Autostraddle, and Pk News are the heavy hters.

Gay succs and gay nfince.

Hear the three keys to gay succs and gay nfince for both reer and life.

GAY MEN EARN DEGRE AT HIGHT RATE, STUDY FDS

Media mogul DJ Doran on gay succs. Hear DJ Doran talk about gay succs on Queer Money®:. 3 characteristics for gay succs and gay nfince.

CHRIS COOPER – GAY ONLE LIFE COACH AND CAREER COACH

DJ’s life and reer is an example of what gay men n achieve when we’re wholly nfint and persistent. Contue the nversatn on gay succs:. A gay Mastermd group n enhance reer velopment and satisfactn.

Most gay men (and, ed, most people) that I know would say “y” to all of those.

In general, gay men al wh so much crap growg up (bullyg, beg told that we are sick/bad/wrong, experiencg discrimatn, etc. I’ve noticed my psychotherapy and achg practice that gay men tend to fall two tegori: the guys who are not-so-nfint and stggle wh self-doubt, and the on who shook off the naysayers and achieved sometim extraordary succs, a variety of fields.

ARE GAY PEOPLE BETTER ENTREPRENRS?

My new group formg at my office is lled the Gay Men’s Mastermd Profsnal Support Group. Here, a small group of adult gay men gather to both get and give support for followg their dreams, brastorm solutns to challeng, share succs, work, and set short-term goals for acuntabily to make that steady progrs over time.

I liberately ma a gay male theme for what group therapy expert Irv Yalom, Ph. Gay men n be petive, even tty. Ken Howard, LCSW, is a gay men’s specialist therapist (27 years).

He helps many gay men build their succs both their personal and profsnal liv. Ken is also available for expert wns work on gay issu, HIV issu, and issu ncerng psychiatric illns or disabily, as well as nsultg for non-prof anizatns, rporatns, llege mp, and speakg at nferenc.