Finding Work In Inclusive Spaces

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[@hayuseen6683]

Inclusive can't mean exclusive, so don't worry about it. Diversity needs broad participation and if your skills are useful then go offer them, but make sure you get accomodation for yourself and fair compensation no matter what the job.

[@DaveTexas]

I work for a company that is very, very cis/hetero in terms of both management and employees. They’re trying hard to change that and get diversity into the workplace. I’m both a member of the LGBTQ+ community and disabled, and I’ve been afraid that I’m being held up as "proof" that they’ve got a diverse workforce, when I feel completely alone as the one and only out gay person. I feel like my presence is keeping other queer people from getting hired. So I guess feeling guilt over taking jobs away from the LGBTQ+ community comes from all angles…

[@sandersson2813]

EVERYONE does, it's called the majority.
Unless you want to work in a gay bar or something then the chances are you will ALWAYS work in a majority hetero environment but the question is, why is this a problem? No one cares about your sexuality in a workplace, and you don't get special treatment for "being in the minority"
Would you say working for a Nigerian company in Nigeria was very very black?

[@johndoe5061]

Work for yourself. That way you're in the market place and you'll earn what you're worth!

[@chocolatepancake501]

Don't feel bad for getting a job with accomodations that you also need. Being able bodied is a priviledge too. A well passing trans person may have much less problems in non-supportive work than you with your invisible disability. And mayority of people applying are probably cis anyway, so it's not like a trans person is guaranteed to get the job unless you apply.

[@blueredingreen]

Inclusion very much includes those with disabilities too, so the caller has nothing to worry about to start.
But also, if you don't apply and get the job, they'll likely end up hiring a different cis person. This "taking the job away from someone who needs it more" line of reasoning doesn't really work. The caller might have some idea that inclusive workplaces are like 90% trans, but in reality, there tends to be very few, if any, trans people there, because they just make up a small portion of the population.