Re: [UUPoly-L] Coming out as Poly at work: Need Feedback.

[Ed Blanchette <ejjabla@earthlink.net>]

Another factor is where one lives and works.  I lived in Mobile Alabama
before I was transferred here to the Sacramento California area.  I could be
much more "out" about everything here than I dared to be in Mobile pre Civil
rights days.

Even more so after I retired
 
Ed <ejjabla@earthlink.net>
Citrus Heights (Sacramento County) CA USA

On 3/3/07 1:23 PM, "Kathleen Reedy" <icescience@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I didn't 'come out' at work, but answered questions casually and truthfully;
> i.e.who did you go to the concert/play/event/travel with?'  The joking query
> became 'So who was it last night?'.   I suffered severe, ungrounded, unfocused
> general harassment, in a government agency.  When I left for another
> assignment in the government, 3 friends said clearly, "it is your lifestyle",
> "keep your mouth shut about your social life at the new job".  I do think it
> depends on the type of people, and how interested they are in getting the work
> done, or gossiping, criticizing, judging others.
>   Kathleen
> (snip)