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At Mosaic, we get this question a lot: “Why do we need to
talk about things like sexual orientation at work?” The short
answer is that we already do. It comes up on a regular basis
without us even realizing it. For example a female coworker
might come to work wearing a dress and say, “My husband and I
had a date-night without the kids.” No one thinks twice about
what she is wearing and what she said because it matches
assumptions we have typically already made. But, in essence,
she’s just broadcast her sexual orientation, gender identity and
gender expression.
For a member of the LGBTQ community the choice of what
to wear or how to say that sentence can be very different. Here
are a few stories from your Proud LGBTQ colleagues about how
they came out to their families, friends, and coworkers.