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Lulu is dedicated to being a safe place to work. We’re in This Together Shop incredible stories of love, acceptance, and inclusion. Shop Inclusive Books LGBTQ+ in the Workplace For this post, I want to shed some light on the challenges facing the LGBTQ+ community. Going directly to the source, I lined up interviews with two members of the community who have found their ways to succeed. First, I interviewed my friend, Kyle Howard. They are also known as @Verucassault on Instagram. I asked them for their perspective on several topics as it relates to the LGBTQ+ community and the corporate world.


Kyle is a lifelong North Carolinian and known for their France Email List compassion and inspiring inclusivity within the community. I also interviewed Andi, a representative at the LGBT Center of Raleigh, North Carolina.  in Asheville for several years before moving out to Oregon for their Master of Nonprofit Management, and now joins the LGBT Center of Raleigh after fundraising for Seattle’s Planned Parenthood affiliate for the past two years. Andi is excited to support the LGBTQ+ community in this role after finding their way to fundraising through their drag persona, Chartreuse Dynasty O’Hara.



What is the main reason LGBTQ+ people don’t come out in the workplace? ANDI: For a lot of folks, especially in North Carolina, you don’t have legal protection. You can be fired for your identity. Given the state of employment and being an “at-will” state, individuals within the LGBTIA community can lose the opportunity to fund their life, just for being who they are. Depending on the customers or clientele of the company, individuals might not come out because it is not safe for them.