I'm so sorry to be a white male programmer around 40! I'm so much in the crowd...
"Around 4.5 percent of the US population is LGBT, [...] the LGBT population is young, [...] under 34 years of age—and growing." ... ok, it's a typical marketing bullshit: look all the money that you could earn selling to these people!!! Actually, she doesn't give a shit about the people, only about a "new" market.
Moreover, she failed to understand the difference between "being LGBT" and "showing to be LGBT". I don't think that there are MORE LGBT (nor less either)... only that they need less to hide (which is not good or bad: your work shouldn't be where you live your life, only where you earn money anyway).
That's certainly not necessary. If you'd like to post thoughtful, substantive comments, you're as welcome to do so as anyone else is. We're just trying as a community to get out of the shallower, angrier habits of internet commenting.
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What does you being white or male or around 40 have to do this article?
The article says that employees are least likely to answer questions about gender or sexual orientation. Project Include's case studies[1] suggest that the surveys include questions about religion, marriage, children, disabled family members, and other things people could also hide. Why don't they?
> The article says that employees are least likely to answer questions about gender or sexual orientation
In France (where I live), that kind of question would be illegal. There's quite a clear separation between personal life and professional life: whatever you do outside work is your only business, and nobody will matter (and shouldn't, as it would be illegal).
In a way, in France, the accepted policy is like the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy that was (still is?) the US Army policy if I remember.
"Around 4.5 percent of the US population is LGBT, [...] the LGBT population is young, [...] under 34 years of age—and growing." ... ok, it's a typical marketing bullshit: look all the money that you could earn selling to these people!!! Actually, she doesn't give a shit about the people, only about a "new" market.
Moreover, she failed to understand the difference between "being LGBT" and "showing to be LGBT". I don't think that there are MORE LGBT (nor less either)... only that they need less to hide (which is not good or bad: your work shouldn't be where you live your life, only where you earn money anyway).