General Dynamics aggressively hired lesbians while I was there. I believe the reason was they could easily prove they were being “diverse” as you could spot the lesbians from down the hall. They were visually outspoken. It would not have had the same effect to hire gay men who dressed and looked like all the other men.
I have never had to work with so many angry, bitter, unhappy women. It was a relief to leave there.
To overcome the visual problem, my final male boss had a large, silver framed photo of his significant other, a Kenny Rogers looking man. As I recall “To the love of my life” was written on the photo. The photo did not face the boss as one might expect with such a photo. Instead, it faced towards his door where everyone could see it. Diversity achieved!
Excellent comment.
You are right about that!
Several tried to sabotage my GF’s business internally and thru yelp postings.