Intersections at work

4 Contents. why this Project? ............................................................................................................................... 5 . our approach . ..................................................................................................................................... 6 . Our Research Questions . ........................................................................................................................ 6 . Our Evidence Base . .................................................................................................................................. 6 . Our Definition of ‘LGBTQ’ . ...................................................................................................................... 7 . Our Definition of ‘Culturally Diverse’ . .................................................................................................... 7 . First Nations People . ................................................................................................................................ 7 . are Culturally Diverse LgBtQ workers ‘out’? .......................................................................... 8 . What DCA’s Out at Work research tells us . ............................................................................................ 8 . What Pride in Diversity’s Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) tells us . ............................... 8 . How Does Cultural Background impact on LgBtQ People’s experience of work? ... 10 . Racism and/or Homophobia . ................................................................................................................ 12 . Not Being Understood at Work by People from the Anglo/White Majority . ................................... 13 . The Complexity of Multiple and Intersecting Identities . .................................................................... 13 . Working in Regional or Rural Areas . ................................................................................................... 15 . Working Internationally Where it is Illegal to be Gay . ....................................................................... 15 . Feeling Accepted at Work but Not at Home . ....................................................................................... 16 . what is Locking Culturally Diverse LgBtiQ talent out From inclusion@work? ........ 18 . Ignoring Intersectionality . ..................................................................................................................... 18 . Intersectional Approaches To Diversity . ............................................................................................. 20 . Invisibility . .............................................................................................................................................. 22 . Boost Visibility . ...................................................................................................................................... 23 . Loneliness and Isolation . ..................................................................................................................... 25 . Create Connections . .............................................................................................................................. 25 . APPENDIX A: Summary of Academic Research . .............................................................................. 27 . APPENDIX B: A Note on Language . .................................................................................................... 28 . APPENDIX C: Methodology . ................................................................................................................ 29 . APPENDIX D: Sample Profile . ............................................................................................................... 31 . Endnotes . ............................................................................................................................................... 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .