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"Im about to start a project at work looking into Trans Inclusivity and I’m interested to know what aspects practical or behavioural that make trans people feel safer and included in all aspects of the work life. I imagine I’m going to want to interview people at work although we don’t have many people to ask. My aim is to highlight to work the importance of being proactive (although still behind the times in my opinion) rather than waiting for an issue or claim to arise Thoughts are welcome please G x" I might be willing to give some input. | |||
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" it shouldn't be no different in my opinion they still should be treated equally and fairly and have the same rights " Totally agree! We're all people...none of the rest matters  | |||
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" it shouldn't be no different in my opinion they still should be treated equally and fairly and have the same rights Totally agree! We're all people...none of the rest matters "i have had a few issues with being pan-sexual but took a while to get people to understand just as i fancy people doesnt mean i would at work | |||
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" it shouldn't be no different in my opinion they still should be treated equally and fairly and have the same rights Totally agree! We're all people...none of the rest matters
i have had a few issues with being pan-sexual but took a while to get people to understand just as i fancy people doesnt mean i would at work "How do they know you're Pansexual? | |||
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" it shouldn't be no different in my opinion they still should be treated equally and fairly and have the same rights Totally agree! We're all people...none of the rest matters
i have had a few issues with being pan-sexual but took a while to get people to understand just as i fancy people doesnt mean i would at work "People are becoming much more accepting as a whole I think but there's still such a way to go! My sister in law found out I'm bisexual recently...she was horrified! She's cool now, but for a second I think she thought that automatically meant I wanted to jump on her  | |||
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"Im about to start a project at work looking into Trans Inclusivity and I’m interested to know what aspects practical or behavioural that make trans people feel safer and included in all aspects of the work life. I imagine I’m going to want to interview people at work although we don’t have many people to ask. My aim is to highlight to work the importance of being proactive (although still behind the times in my opinion) rather than waiting for an issue or claim to arise Thoughts are welcome please G x" My work have great HR procedures about inclusivity. No idea how it works in practice though. Great project, good luck x | |||
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" it shouldn't be no different in my opinion they still should be treated equally and fairly and have the same rights Totally agree! We're all people...none of the rest matters
i have had a few issues with being pan-sexual but took a while to get people to understand just as i fancy people doesnt mean i would at work
How do they know you're Pansexual?"at the time they knew i was bi as i had a girlfriend and she did meet me from work (never hid it) and then talking one of the managers overhead and made a big thing of it | |||
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"Im about to start a project at work looking into Trans Inclusivity and I’m interested to know what aspects practical or behavioural that make trans people feel safer and included in all aspects of the work life. I imagine I’m going to want to interview people at work although we don’t have many people to ask. My aim is to highlight to work the importance of being proactive (although still behind the times in my opinion) rather than waiting for an issue or claim to arise Thoughts are welcome please G x" hi not sure what you are wanting to know but I am will to help you if I can x | |||
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" it shouldn't be no different in my opinion they still should be treated equally and fairly and have the same rights Totally agree! We're all people...none of the rest matters
i have had a few issues with being pan-sexual but took a while to get people to understand just as i fancy people doesnt mean i would at work
How do they know you're Pansexual?
at the time they knew i was bi as i had a girlfriend and she did meet me from work (never hid it) and then talking one of the managers overhead and made a big thing of it
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"Im about to start a project at work looking into Trans Inclusivity and I’m interested to know what aspects practical or behavioural that make trans people feel safer and included in all aspects of the work life. I imagine I’m going to want to interview people at work although we don’t have many people to ask. My aim is to highlight to work the importance of being proactive (although still behind the times in my opinion) rather than waiting for an issue or claim to arise Thoughts are welcome please G x I might be willing to give some input. " Aww thank you so much. I haven’t checked my pm’s yet but feel free to message there. It will all be anonymous I’m just interested to know how we can do more | |||
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"my work are pretty good at looking after all of the genders, orientations and the regions but i havent came across this one yet at my work place it shouldn't be no different in my opinion they still should be treated equally and fairly and have the same rights " It should be but is it in reality for trans people? That’s what I’m wanting to find out at our place. Give people a voice who I’ve been told anecdotally don’t have one | |||
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" it shouldn't be no different in my opinion they still should be treated equally and fairly and have the same rights Totally agree! We're all people...none of the rest matters
i have had a few issues with being pan-sexual but took a while to get people to understand just as i fancy people doesnt mean i would at work "Exactly | |||
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"Im about to start a project at work looking into Trans Inclusivity and I’m interested to know what aspects practical or behavioural that make trans people feel safer and included in all aspects of the work life. I imagine I’m going to want to interview people at work although we don’t have many people to ask. My aim is to highlight to work the importance of being proactive (although still behind the times in my opinion) rather than waiting for an issue or claim to arise Thoughts are welcome please G x My work have great HR procedures about inclusivity. No idea how it works in practice though. Great project, good luck x" Thanks steel I’m excited about it as is my dissertation supervisor. We discuss Inclusivity but in reality I don’t’ think people know what it truly means and I want to understand from trans people is Inclusivity working for you at work or not | |||
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"Im about to start a project at work looking into Trans Inclusivity and I’m interested to know what aspects practical or behavioural that make trans people feel safer and included in all aspects of the work life. I imagine I’m going to want to interview people at work although we don’t have many people to ask. My aim is to highlight to work the importance of being proactive (although still behind the times in my opinion) rather than waiting for an issue or claim to arise Thoughts are welcome please G xhi not sure what you are wanting to know but I am will to help you if I can x" Aww brilliant. Thank you. It’s about how you feel within your workplace. Do you feel included? If so why? What behaviours/ processes help and support. If you don’t. Likewise what is happening? How could it be improved | |||
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"I have two jobs and my experiences have been positive almost without exception. I don't know much about their actual policies as quite honestly I've had no need to find out. It sounds like a good project though and I'd love to take part. It's an interesting topic and I quite like talking about myself anyway "Oooo thank you. Well to be honest I don’t care about policy. I’m interested in how you feel and what has made you feel good? If your workplaces have been good can you put into words why they have been so good? | |||
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"Understand the law including the equality act and the gender recognition act. The latter contains provisions for additional privacy rights which you must respect. Use people’s preferred name and pronoun. Allow uniform options. Don’t have a men’s uniform and a women’s one. Training for staff. How you’ll protect trans staff from customers’ prejudice. Understand that gender variance isn’t only people transitioning from male to female or vice versa. It includes other gender identities too. It’s great you’re doing this. " Thank you hon. To be honest it’s the softer side of things Ive been an equality manager and hr manager and you can have the best policies in the world but I think if people refuse to carry out those policies in subtle ways how do we address it properly if people don’t speak up. Also I’m interested in the positive and negative behaviours of colleagues. What are they doing well or badly which engenders these feelings of an unsafe workplace | |||
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"We had a couple of colleague's do a blog last year on their experiences and it was really interesting and positive. They both had many fears as they came out to other colleagues and peers but their work based experience was nothing but positive and their fears had all been unfounded. We do have several trans people in senior positions which is great as they are very open about and must be a great role model for anyone struggling with their identity or deciding whether to public. We do have one trans person on our floorplate but not in my team, she does keep herself to herself, we've tried to engage her in conversation but she doesn't seem particularly interested but this may have nothing to do with her gender. Ginger " Oh wow Ginger that’s very very positive. I know you might not want to say and I totally understand that. As youre so close to my area Worcester would you be willing to tell me where you work PM so I can maybe interview the HR Director as a comparison to my place. No worries if not | |||
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"I have two jobs and my experiences have been positive almost without exception. I don't know much about their actual policies as quite honestly I've had no need to find out. It sounds like a good project though and I'd love to take part. It's an interesting topic and I quite like talking about myself anyway
Oooo thank you. Well to be honest I don’t care about policy. I’m interested in how you feel and what has made you feel good? If your workplaces have been good can you put into words why they have been so good? "I guess the short version is that nobody bats an eyelid, on the whole. I'm quite plainly not a genetic female, but for the most part nobody treats me like anything different. Some people look a little curiously at me, and a few look as if they're definitely thinking more than they're saying, but in general people are just very accepting. This goes for co-workers and the public who I have a lot of contact with. I think it's largely down to the exposure that trans issues have had in recent years, through the media and general changes in society, that I can be as I am and for most people it's just a part of modern life. That said, I think it's easier for me in some ways as both my jobs are an inherently more tolerant environment anyway. That and living in a big city. I'm very interested to hear about other people's experiences. | |||
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"Also,it may be worth noting that companies that do have policies to deal with these sort of matters are not necessarily doing it out of the goodness of their hearts,there are laws governing these matters and companies could be facing a lot of compensation claims if they were not seen to be complying." Exactly
Thank you I definitely will. I just wanted to get an idea of whether people would talk to me. I have some but need to finish my kit review and then I’ll have a more definitive idea of the specifics but I’m intrugued generally too | |||
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"Also,it may be worth noting that companies that do have policies to deal with these sort of matters are not necessarily doing it out of the goodness of their hearts,there are laws governing these matters and companies could be facing a lot of compensation claims if they were not seen to be complying." I was thinking about this earlier, in terms of individuals. Proactive equality etc is generally a good thing I'm sure, but it can cause a lot of resentment too. Sometimes I think I'd prefer it if people felt free just to say what the hell they think so that I can stand up for myself and say what the hell I think, rather than have people thinking that I'm hiding behind assorted equality laws and so on. If that makes sense : ) | |||
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" it shouldn't be no different in my opinion they still should be treated equally and fairly and have the same rights Totally agree! We're all people...none of the rest matters
i have had a few issues with being pan-sexual but took a while to get people to understand just as i fancy people doesnt mean i would at work
People are becoming much more accepting as a whole I think but there's still such a way to go!
My sister in law found out I'm bisexual recently...she was horrified! She's cool now, but for a second I think she thought that automatically meant I wanted to jump on her "You should wink at her everytime you see her! | |||
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" it shouldn't be no different in my opinion they still should be treated equally and fairly and have the same rights Totally agree! We're all people...none of the rest matters
i have had a few issues with being pan-sexual but took a while to get people to understand just as i fancy people doesnt mean i would at work
People are becoming much more accepting as a whole I think but there's still such a way to go!
My sister in law found out I'm bisexual recently...she was horrified! She's cool now, but for a second I think she thought that automatically meant I wanted to jump on her
You should wink at her everytime you see her! "I do now
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"Also,it may be worth noting that companies that do have policies to deal with these sort of matters are not necessarily doing it out of the goodness of their hearts,there are laws governing these matters and companies could be facing a lot of compensation claims if they were not seen to be complying. I was thinking about this earlier, in terms of individuals. Proactive equality etc is generally a good thing I'm sure, but it can cause a lot of resentment too. Sometimes I think I'd prefer it if people felt free just to say what the hell they think so that I can stand up for myself and say what the hell I think, rather than have people thinking that I'm hiding behind assorted equality laws and so on. If that makes sense : )" Oh wow ok that’s a worry re resentment due to being proactive  | |||
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"I’m happy to answer questions "Thanks ever so much Rachel xx | |||
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