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Contents:
- HOW COMPANI MAKE IT HARR FOR LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL EMPLOYE TO ACHIEVE WORK-LIFE BALANCE
- CEOS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
HOW COMPANI MAKE IT HARR FOR LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL EMPLOYE TO ACHIEVE WORK-LIFE BALANCE
Apple CEO Tim Cook may be "proud to be gay," but he is not alone. More pany chiefs are makg their sexual orientatn known. Here is a list. * gay in business *
Trans people face pecially sharp barriers to advancement the workplace, and their experience is distct om that of cisgenr people who also intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, or queer.
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CEOS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
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As the first openly-gay CEO of a Fortune 500 pany, Cook’s announcement beme an sential moment for LGBTQ+ acceptance, pecially the rporate world. Ford has been openly gay her whole profsnal reer. Mart Chavez is a top-level executive who has been openly gay his entire reer.
When first terviewg at Goldman, his future boss didn’t blk an eye when Chavez mentned he was gay. “As one of two openly-gay partners the firm, learship of the LGBT Network happened naturally, ” he said. Chavez also advoted that the pany expand benefs to gay partners — even before the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage.
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Andrews Stland and has been openly gay throughout his reer. While Grenfell-Gardner don’t nsir beg openly gay groundbreakg, Todd Sears begs to differ: “It’s credibly important for people to see that there are gay CEOs. Beth Ford has been openly gay her whole profsnal life.
The openly-gay CEOs provi other LGBTQ+ profsnals more chanc to shatter stereotyp and climb the rporate ladr — om entry level rol, all the way to up to the Fortune 500 boardroom. Though he had always been open about his sexualy his private life, Cook’s g out publicly 2014 cemented him as the first openly gay person on the Fortune 500 list and one of the most well-known sourc of spiratn for LGBT+ dividuals worldwi. “If hearg that the CEO of Apple is gay n help someone stgglg to e to terms wh who he or she is, or brg fort to anyone who feels alone, or spire people to sist on their equaly, then ’s worth the tra-off wh my own privacy, ” he wrote his g-out say.
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