Our employee resource group for LGBTQ+ staff is fighting about whether to collaborate with management on new policies or maintain independence, and it's revealed that some of us see working within the system as progress while others see it as co-optation, and we can't move forward on anything because we don't agree on our fundamental purpose. People are starting to disengage entirely.
More people experience this than they realize.
A workplace community is fragmenting over whether institutional engagement represents progress or compromise.
“Where Are You with Queer identity as political and personal?”
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