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Straight talk about gays in the workplace : creating an inclusive, productive environment for everyone in your organization

Presents a frank discussion about all the relevant aspects of sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace. This newest edition of the National Library Award-winning book adds new and updated information on transgender issues.
Print Book, English, 2005
Harrington Park ; Roundhouse [distributor], New York, Northam, 2005
182 pages
9781560235460, 9781560235477, 1560235462, 1560235470
1065287841
Chapter 1. The Changing Landscape Dealing with What Is Now It’s About All People The Inherent Argument What Do We Really Choose? What’s Actually Changing The Language Used in This Book The Rest of This Book It’s a Moving Target Chapter 2. Strategies for Inclusion in the New World What the Work Is For Ground Rules for the Work The Work Tools and Techniques Chapter 3. The Facts of the Matter Important Terms Coming Out: Individuals to Organizations and Back Organizational Coming Out Replacing Myths with Facts Chapter 4. Meaningful and Effective Workplace Sexual Orientation Education Diversity Education Must Be a Process Three Questions Implementation of Sexual Orientation Education in the Workplace Chapter 5. Meaningful Education and Policy About Gender Identity What Transgender Is What Transgender Refers To Transsexuals Nondiscrimination Policies Transition Planning Chapter 6. Employee Networks: Expanding Challenges and Roles A Winning Structure for Employee Networks Mission Statement Objectives Organizational and Operational Details What a Good Employee Network Can Accomplish Brown-Bag Functions Demographic/Environmental Surveys Religion Chapter 7. LGBTs and the Marketplace: Progressiveness Pays The Business Case: An Example What’s at Stake in Dollars and Cents Advertising to the LGBT Market Best Practices in Advertising A New Kind of Supplier Diversity The Equality Principles and Shareholder Activism Client-Acquisition Education Chapter 8. DPBs, Civil Unions, and Same-Sex Marriage An Important Note to Begin Domestic Partner Benefits Civil Unions Other Provisions Short of Civil Unions or Legal Marriage Why Same-Sex Marriage Is Inevitable What’s at Stake in Marital Status Where Same-Sex Marriage Stands Now Why Same-Sex Marriage Means Business Chapter 9. It’s Academic Sex Education in the Public Schools GLSEN: What It Is, What It Does Gay-Straight Alliances Higher Education Why It All Matters Appendix I. Resources Online Resources Selected Bibliography Appendix II. Tips for Transitioning People Planning for Transition on the Job Appendix III. Assessment Questions Appendix IV. Campus Climate Survey Recommendations Appendix V. Strategies for Managing Transition Notes Index
Previous edition: published as by Liz Winfeld and Susan Spielman. 2001