54% percent of closeted LGBT workers had to lie about their personal lives in the last year while only 21% of those who are out had to lie. These are statistics from a recently published HRC report (see link at end of article) which talks about LGBT treatment and attitudes in the workplace. While still [...]
|
||||||
|
I work in a field that is primarily made up of straight white married men. In my 13 years on the job at various companies in three states, I have only run into one other confirmed gay guy. No lesbians. Now, I did have a married man hit on me and I did hire someone [...] As a general rule, I hate metaphors. “A tree is a metaphor for life.” Well, f*** that! One metaphor that I have found useful is comparing coming out at work to confronting a co-worker about a disgusting habit. I for one disdain people who cut their fingernails and toenails at work. There is something about [...] Call me a little behind the eight-ball, but I just watched the movie Milk. Looking at the issue of workplace discrimination, the 2008 movie Milk parallels some issues that we see today. We as LGBT citizens still do not have protection under the law in most jurisdictions. It is legal to discriminate against us while [...] I work in a City, County, State, and Country in which it is legal for private companies to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. It is perfect and fine for my employer to fire me simply based on the fact that I am gay. This obviously keeps people in the closet at work and [...] |
 Loading ... |
|||||
|
|
||||||
It's Nobody's Business
In the HRC’s new report on equality in the workplace, they found that 60% of people who are not out at work is due to the reason that it is “nobody’s business.” For me this is a foreign concept. I mean, I understand that people want privacy, but it has always bothered me that people [...]