18/06/2024
⁉️Is it ok to be gay in the oil and gas and engineering industries? Officially, yes. However, the serious lack of le***an, gay and bisexual representation in these industries suggests the answer is far more complex and needs to be addressed. 🏳️🌈
Former BP CEO Lord Browne refers to it as living in the ‘glass closet’. He is referring to le***an, gay and bisexual people who don’t ‘come out’ at work, but instead hide their sexual orientation from colleagues for fear of discrimination or bullying. 😢
Browne never revealed his sexual orientation for the 38 years he worked at BP for exactly these reasons. "It was immediately obvious to me that it was unacceptable to be gay in business and most definitely the oil business," he has said. Is his a common story?
The lack of conversation about le***an, gay and bisexual (LGB) people, not just in business, but in the oil and gas and engineering industries, makes it very hard to tell. There are currently no available statistics on LGB people in any of these industries, and the relevant unions can provide very little, if any, information about the experience of their LGB members.
One insight comes from a survey conducted by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) published in June. It found that one in three gay engineers hide their sexuality and that 35% of the 356 respondents said they had not come out at work compared to 45 % who had.
Other companies have openly shown their support for LGBT equality issues in the media. In 2012 Google launched a campaign called Legalize Love to support LGBT rights, and both Gap and Apple showed public support for the scrapping of the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8, which denies things such as Social Security benefits to same-sex couples legally married. Apple even donated money to the campaign.
Browne in the past has said simply: "It comes down to a simple maxim – don’t do anything that excludes people."✨
✅Heather Williams, policy and research manager at the Le***an and Gay Foundation offers some other advice: "Surveys such as that carried out by the IET is a good first step at understanding the issues LGB people face, but they need to be followed-up by concerted action from the companies to address discrimination and promote acceptance.
"Equality and diversity training for staff, and celebrating days such as International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia can be great ways to raise awareness among staff and start conversations going."👍🏻
🙏🏻ขอขอบคุณบทความดีๆ จาก : Heidi Vella / offshore-technology
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