Does Your Boss Know You're Gay?

Nancy

WNYC Studios

Gay, Documentary, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Lgtbq, Lesbian, Relationships, Asian, Politics, Conversations, Storytelling, Health & Fitness, Homosexuality

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Twenty-eight states lack employment protections for LGBT people. And what federal protections do exist are under new attack.

— This episode is part of our Out at Work series. Take our quick survey to tell us about your experience being queer at work.

— Find out what protections you have with this state-by-state guide from Lambda Legal.

— Mark Joseph Stern covers law and LGBTQ issues for Slate.

Episode scoring by Jeremy Bloom with additional music by Podington Bear ("Lightfeet"), Arne Bang Huseby ("Stormy Blues"), and Anamorphic Orchestra ("Radiant Flux"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

Transcript

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0:00.0	So, Kathy.
0:00.8	Yes, Tobin.
0:01.8	The other day, I decided to go on a little walk.
0:05.0	Did you know?
0:08.0	Gonna go bug people at the office.
0:14.2	Can you show me around your desk a little bit? What do you have here?
0:16.8	Sure. Well, there's the garbage from my afternoon snack.
0:20.5	There's some nice plants in the window.
0:22.3	There's the garbage from my lunch and my dirty dishes.
0:25.4	These are two llamas that my colleague brought me from her vacation in Peru.
0:30.1	Photos of friends and my wife is up there.
0:32.7	Oh, well, that's my wife, Becky, and our two kids Sasha and Laoslo.
0:38.7	Do you like the picture of my boyfriend?
0:40.6	Where's the picture? There is none.
0:48.2	So, what are we looking at here?
0:49.6	Is it a particularly gay desk to you? I don't think so.
0:53.0	I don't even know what that means.
0:54.5	I don't know what it does either, but wasn't that what you were checking out?
0:57.3	Tobin, were you literally asking people to show you how queer their desk is?
1:01.4	No, no, I promise. There's a point. Stick with me.
1:08.8	How do you think about being out in the workplace and has that changed for you over time?
1:14.3	Oh, absolutely. It's changed.
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