LGBT au travail : les conseils de L’Autre Cercle

L’AUTRE CERCLE est une association de professionnels LGBT (Lesbienne Gay Bi et Trans, et leurs ami-e-s),  dont la vision est un monde professionnel épanouissant, inclusif et respectueux de toutes les personnes dans toute leur diversité quelle que soit leur orientation sexuelle ou identité de genre.

Il n’est pas toujours facile de savoir par où commencer pour mettre en place une politique favorisant la diversité LGBT au travail. L’Autre Cercle propose 10 actions concrètes à mettre en place. 

Pour aller plus loin, retrouvez diverses publications publiées par l’Autre Cercle :

Le Baromètre LGBT Autre Cercle-IFOP (2017)  est une enquête précieuse qui a été proposée à toutes les entreprises et colectivités signataires de la Charte d’engagement LGBT de l’Autre Cercle et ouverte à tous leurs collaborateurs et collaboratrices, LGBT ou non.

Mon employeur fait sont Comig-Out (2016), disponible en commande met en lumière les retours sur expérience de 50 dirigeant-e-s engagé-e-s sur le thème de l’orientation et de l’identité sexuelle ou de genre.

Le Livre Blanc (2014) dresse un état des lieux de la situation des LGBT dans le monde du travail, des progrès et défis qui restent à relever pour un espace plus inclusif et une véritable conscience des bénéfices d’une politique de la diversité.

L’Autre Cercle vous accompagne dans vos politiques de diversité grâce à des offres de consulting et de formation. Il compte parmi ses partenaires IBM, Michael Page, Sodexo, Orange ou BNP Paribas pour ne donner que quelques exemples. 

Last but not least, l’Autre Cercle propose une Charte d’Engagement LGBT,  un cadre formel pour une politique de promotion de la diversité et de prévention des  discriminations. Pour en savoir plus :

Marie-Hélène GOIX – présidente

• Par téléphone : 06.07.29.25.69
• Par courriel : presidence@autrecercle.org

Catherine TRIPON – porte parole

• Par téléphone : 06 80 28 44 67
• Par courriel : porte-parole@autrecercle.org

LGBT+ stories around the world – Queering the Map

Queering the Map is a community-generated mapping project that geo-locates queer moments, memories and histories in relation to physical space. As queer life becomes increasingly less centered around specific neighborhoods and the buildings within them, notions of ‘queer spaces’ become more abstract and less tied to concrete geographical locations. The intent of the Queering the Map project is to collectively document the spaces that hold queer memory, from park benches to parking garages, to mark moments of queerness wherever they occur.

There are no guidelines to what constitutes an act of queering space. If it counts to you, then it counts for Queering the Map. Anything from direct action activism to a conversation expressing preferred pronouns, from flirtatious glances to weekend long sex parties; all are part of the project of queering space. Queer history matters, and elders of the community are encouraged to add moments and places of historical significance to the map that enrich our collective memory.

Through mapping these ephemeral moments, Queering the Map aims to create a living archive of queer experience that reveals the ways in which we are intimately connected.

LGBT+ laws around the world – Travel Insurance Direct Law Map

On March 26, 2018, Ash Zaman published on travelinsurancedirect.com :

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72 countries and territories worldwide criminalise same-sex relationships, including 45 in which sexual relationships between women are outlawed. In 8 of those countries homosexuality can result in a death penalty, and there are dozens more in which homosexual acts can result in a prison sentence.

See the accompanying map – yes we’ve deliberately taken the colours of the gay pride flag.

RED signifies what gay rights groups call “the shameful 72”.

But that’s not the end of the story….

3 cheers for the countries in PURPLE, they’ve legalised and codified same-sex marriage and offer (generally) a full suite of protection of rights. Of course you may still encounter individuals with intolerant attitudes but mostly the society is accepting and inclusive.

The countries marked BLUE have legalised homosexuality and have a wide range, but not all, protections in place… but they’re getting there.

The GREEN countries have also legalised homosexual acts, and have some protections under law, such as anti-discrimination.

Now it starts to get ugly.

The countries marked YELLOW have legalised homosexuality, but there is no other protection for the LGBTQI community. In fact there is often open societal hostility.

For example, Russia, despite legalising homosexual sex between men in 1993 (lesbian sex has never been illegal) in practice you risk violence and discrimination if you are openly gay. In fact in Chechnya more than 100 male citizens were abducted and sent to concentration camps. Many of the men, suspected of being gay or bi-sexual ( not sure how you work that out unless they tell you) have died as a result of torture and mistreatment.

Honduras made homosexuality legal in 1899. But a transgender rights lobby group study in 2015 found Honduras had the highest number of murders of transgender people relative to its population. There have been 215 murders of LGBTQI people since 2009. It’s worth noting though that Honduras has the highest homicide rate in the world….lots of people are murdered regardless of sexual orientation, but a human rights report said LGBTQI murders are more likely to go unpunished.

Hungary legalised homosexuality in 1962, has allowed registration of same-sex unions since 1992 and has anti-gay discrimination laws. But in 2015 the mayor of Budapest called the gay pride march “repulsive”.

Tolerance and inclusiveness are not the hallmarks of the countries marked ORANGE. Homosexuality is legal – by default. They have never enacted legislation specifically outlawing it. It’s perhaps more accurate to describe the legal situation as “not officially illegal” – excuse the double negative. Expect discrimination, prejudice and harsh treatment by officials and society as a whole. For lack of an official law these places would be marked RED too.

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LGBT+ laws around the world – Equaldex Maps

Equaldex, a collaborative LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) rights website launched today, aimed at crowdsourcing every LGBT-related law around the world. The site provides users an accurate and comprehensive global view of LGBT rights, with the use of maps, timelines, statistics, and historical data in each country and region.

Equaldex is completely collaborative; as LGBT laws change, users update the database, citing reputable sources for accuracy. Other users are encouraged to authenticate the accuracy of each update and the information becomes verified as site usage increases.

Where is homosexuality still illegal?

The site’s growing database includes a variety of LGBT-related issues for each region: gay marriage, serving in the military, housing and employment discrimination protection, donating blood, same-sex adoption, the ability to legally change gender, and more.

 

LGBT+ laws around the world – ILGA Maps

Have an overview of the legal situations of LGBT+ individuals around the world.

You have a role to play.

ILGA Maps | sexual orientation laws

Every year, along with the State-Sponsored Homophobia report, ILGA publishes also maps of sexual orientation laws in the world.
Starting from 2016, a single overview map has evolved into a unique set of maps to separately chart where criminalisation, protection and

recognition laws are enacted.

A useful tool for LGB human rights defenders, these images expose the arbitrariness of persecutory laws, and starkly indicate the absence of positive law in most parts of the world.

The Maps gives information about Criminalisation, Protection, Recognition with specific details by country in addition to the overview showed below. It is a very rich ressource.

Find out more ILGA Maps

About ILGA : the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association is the world federation of national and local organisations dedicated to achieving equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people across the globe. + Learn more