<p><strong>Talkpot:</strong> While progrs has been ma many lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people still worry that revealg their sexualy at work will have negative nsequenc. What n bs do to support LGBT employe?</p>
Contents:
- HOW COMPANI MAKE IT HARR FOR LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL EMPLOYE TO ACHIEVE WORK-LIFE BALANCE
- HOW TO BE GAY AT WORK
- WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE
- JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
- GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT
- HOW GAY MEN NAVIGATE THE CORPORATE WORLD
HOW COMPANI MAKE IT HARR FOR LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL EMPLOYE TO ACHIEVE WORK-LIFE BALANCE
* gay hard at work *
Recently, we nducted a qualative study which we terviewed 53 lbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) employe the U. Bee we are a gay uple, I don’t see a lot of stcture for that nversatn.
HOW TO BE GAY AT WORK
A supposed requt for a webse for a same-sex weddg played a mor role a major clash between ee speech and gay rights at the Supreme Court. * gay hard at work *
In other words, their workers knew that they were lbian, gay, or bisexual, but they still didn’t always feel nfint that brgg their partner to events was a good ia.
I know there are a uple of [my workers] who would make unfortable that he is gay…. Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people who are 'out' at work waste ltle energy hidg aspects of their personali, meang they feel more nfint and progrs wh the bs. However, many rema the of Europe and the US is relatively acceptg of the LGBT muny; the issu that gay and trans people face here are mor parison to untri where displays of homosexualy n lead to prison, torture and, 34% of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people the UK choose not to disclose their sexualy at work.
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE
Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * gay hard at work *
They hi their private liv om lleagu and clients for fear of homophobia, excln or se they are overlooked for valuable on the factory floor or a board meetg; evadg qutns about fay life n be like dodgg bullets if you thk that revealg your sexualy will make work relatns difficult. There are few 'out' role mols to monstrate that members of the LGBT muny even exist John Browne (whose recently published book The Glass Closet is sential readg for anyone takg diversy the workplace serly) is one of few openly gay bs figur and we need more people to be as urageo as well as a wir reprentatn of gay and trans people bs, we also need straight alli to be vol about their backg and we need bs to make a stand.
I don’t thk they are gay, eher.
I see hts of ternalized homophobia that le, and I thk he’d be a lot more fortable if he alt wh . Rich: Jane Ward’s 2015 book Not Gay kicked off a lot of disurse about “straight” guys who engage “gay” sex, and I thk did a real disservice to nuance by beg totally crlo of self-labelg. Given the societal prsure to be straight and the history of closeted gay, bi, and queer men sayg one thg and dog another, I don’t necsarily thk we need to take people at their word when they say they’re straight and do thgs that suggt otherwise.
JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
I thk what happens is people say, to themselv, “Well, gay/bi/queer people are like this. Do you go to particularly gay gyms?
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GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT
I've been a wrer and edor for around a and never really experienced any overt homophobia at work. A few years ago, an edor missned me to wre a profile of a gay male pop star whose mic I loved and knew si out. “I didn't jt ask you to wre this feature bee you're gay…”My God, was awkward.
HOW GAY MEN NAVIGATE THE CORPORATE WORLD
Wh that md, here's a handy gui to beg gay and happy the 't e out if you don't want toFundamentally, g out at work is exactly like g out to iends and fay. It's not a hard and fast cisn, but a personal journey that tak longer for some gay people than others.
You'll know when 's right to nfi workers, and you'll probably know the most appropriate way to do a worker actually asks, "Are you gay? " It's also perfectly ol to reply, "Y, but not que as gay as Cher's wig-maker. When I was stgglg to e out at school, nothg ma me more nervo than an olr gay stunt boastg about his wild sexual pas that weekend.