Intersections at work

16 Feeling accepted at work but not at Home . Other culturally diverse LGBTQ workers indicated that cultural or family expectations put pressure on them to hide part of themselves, but they found work was a safe space. awei insigHt: The 2019 AWEI found that 54.0% of CALD LGBTQ employees were out to everyone at work, 79.7% were out to the manager; only 65.7% were out to the majority of their family. I come from a traditional non-English speaking background which my family is not accepting. I have no problems at work and no impact at work, work is very accepting. – non-BinaRY/genDeR FLuiD, LesBian, gaY oR HomoseXuaL, gReeK CuLtuRaL iDentitY . I feel that people should be informed about the sensitivities around coming out for an LGBTQ person from a culturally diverse background. There are many cultural backgrounds that have strict religious beliefs and negative views on homosexuality. LGBTQ people from a culturally diverse background may be subject to being disowned, excluded or even hurt by their families or people within their cultural community. Those who have come out may have had a very traumatic experience whilst those who remain closeted are terrified of the potential consequences. I think that informing others of this would help my colleagues to understand why it isn’t easy and why people may be hesitant when it comes to this subject. – BiseXuaL FemaLe, FiLiPino-CHinese CuLtuRaL iDentitY . awei insigHt: CHaLLenging steReotYPes . The AWEI 2019 results also challenge assumptions about people from CALD backgrounds, for whom religion plays an important part, not supporting LGBTQ workplace inclusion. While some CALD respondents may not have been personally active in these initiatives, the AWEI findings show that that does not mean that these employees are not supportive of LGBTQ inclusion or workplace inclusion in general. “ I did not like the use of your term conservative values/beliefs. This implies that my beliefs and values are flawed. So often these days if one has a differing view or belief that does not fall inline with another persons they are a labelled which is not different to what your organization is trying to fight. As previously stated if one treats all people with respect they should not be labelled for the religious, cultural values and beliefs.” – CALD Employee, AWEI 2019 .