How's Your Work Life? Seattle Member Seeks Research Subjects

Seattle chapter member Donna Capodacqua is enlisting volunteers to take a survey designed to measure the relationships that lesbian and gay male employees have with their straight coworkers, and the circumstances and conditions surrounding the disclosure of a lesbian or gay male sexual orientation at work.

She is particularly interested in responses from people working for organizations that have one or more of the following:

• A written policy prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
• A diversity training program that includes awareness of gay and lesbian issues.
• Diversity workshop or training session devoted exclusively to gay and lesbian issues.
• Public support of gay and lesbian issues or activities e.g., corporate representation at Gay Pride events).
• An unofficial organization/network of lesbian and gay employees.
• An officially recognized organization of lesbian and gay employees.
• Benefits for same-sex domestic partners.
• Benefits that include bereavement leave for the death of a same-sex domestic partner
  or, a corporate equity index (CEI) rating from the Human Rights Campaign(HRC).

The survey is anonymous, the responses are confidential, and it has been approved by Tour University International's Institutional Review Board. It takes about 30 minutes to complete the survey. If you work for an organization that is described above and are interested in participating, please click on the link below. Please pass this information along to others you think might be interested in participating.

Take the survey here.

For more information, go to www.donnacap.info.