UC soclogy rearch unvers the hierarchil strategi gay men e to manage their genr and sexual inti the workplace.
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
<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> * 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….
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 *
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JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
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GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT
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.
HOW GAY MEN NAVIGATE THE CORPORATE WORLD
I thk what happens is people say, to themselv, “Well, gay/bi/queer people are like this.
Do you go to particularly gay gyms? From Slate’s piece on them: “The rults of ‘Is mutual masturbatn gay? ’ were 465 to 100 that mutual masturbatn is not gay.
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