Things Not To Say to your LGBT Coworkers

You were on the front page! I’ll check this at home.

Saw you on the front page – I’ll have to listen to this at home. Sounds interesting.

I have a mac so it didn’t play for me, but I found the text version of the list on the internet. Thanks for sharing – it all seemed like common sense but you know it isn’t for a lot of people!

8. “That doesn’t matter to me. Some of my best friends are from Beirut.”

mine won’t work. 🙁

I listened to the clip – it sounds like commom sense to me and as we all know not everyone out there has common sense. Sad but true.

ryn: American is not my favorite airline either. They managed to lose a bag on a non-stop flight from JFK to Paris for 5 days when I was at the airport hours before the flight. They had the nerve to tell me they would allow $75 for clothing in the first 48 hrs. You can’t buy socks in Paris for $75, let alone the suit I needed for a conference.

Not sure I agree with #3, “Why did you tell me that?” It’s a valid question, as decorum usually keeps us from discussing our sexuality in the workplace.

ryn: I was married then and you weren’t. Now you are married and I’m not. I was about three weeks away from getting divorced then.

ryn: I can understand the human need to “classify”. When we’re used to a 2-choice, black/white situation, shades of gray can be disorienting. Still, I think the dictates of good taste would prevent you from questioning unless you knew the person very well.

ryn: I might be curious, but I would never ask anyone such a personal question, especially in a workplace. Why some people will drop social boundaries in certain situations amazes me. Chalk it up to ill-bred, stupid people, I guess. Your tiger idea is sounding more appealing!

I made it already, it turned out really well, BUT I used real chicken instead of the meatless. The green beans and olives were a nice touch. I have never eaten chicken with this sort of pasta, it was good! This is a great NPR interview by the way. As someone else above me said, common sense! I am not LGBT, BUT I have a dear friend who is, and you wouldn’t believe some of the things …cont’

that people have said to ME and asked ME about his sex life. My god, really, it seems that some people have no boundaries when it comes to things like that.

I *WISH* I knew how to make pad thai myself!