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do you like being in the lgbt+? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm kinda neutral. Being bi is great but I hate having to hide it

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm actually not, but my best friend is Bi, and at my last couple jobs, it was often assumed that I was. I was a bartender, and I absolutely flirted with other men if it made me money or got a creep out the door non confrontationally.

Being able to flirt and be friendly with whoever I wanted was nice. Unfortunately at THIS job, someone found out I'm going to pride tomorrow to my friend, and now I'm being frozen out. I had a talk with HR yesterday that people are "uncomfortable" with me walking a lap through the office in the afternoon to stretch my legs.

Fuck office work. That's all I'm going to say.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel this, I work in the LTL (shipping and trucking) industry so there's a lot of people who are very much not comfortable around me once they found out I'm not straight.

I haven't had to go to HR about it for more than 1 person but it's something that I've noticed for sure

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly, I can't go to HR, so it's kind of stressing me out. My boss doesnt give a fuck, but if he decides he does, I'm out the door.

And I'm sure this isn't a news flash to anyone here, but it's fucking irritating. Buncha squares made their little lives so safe, boring, and miserable that they have to latch onto anything different and destroy it to avoid thinking about it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is basically most of my experience with work, the 1 I had to go to HR about was something way more than just standard cold shouldering.

I wish you the best of luck, hopefully they'll get over it and stop being such prudes. Or hell you might make some office friends who are okay with everything.