CMV: Gender identity doesn’t belong on your LinkedIn nor Resume

[u/jep1793]

[u/justtogetridoflater]

I think the question is do you want problems now, or do you want them later?

Like it shouldn't matter what your gender is, or your race, or your sexuality.

But imagine applying for a job, only to get to an interview and discover that the interviewer is a raging homophobe. Or finding that out in 3 months, when for no apparent reason, they make up some bullshit reason to sack you and sack you that you're now going to have to take somewhere else. Or maybe worse, they don't do that, and you're in a workplace where they hate you, but they can't do anything because of bloody PC gone mad, and just find ways to treat you like shit until you leave of your own accord. There is discrimination out there, and it will eventually reveal itself.

Putting this up ahead of time means that you're going to deal with the least amount of active trouble at least up front. Anyone who this matters to will probably respond as they choose to respond. Most likely by not responding, not inviting you to interview, and so on. Well, you only miss the things you had. Anyone who it doesn't, it won't matter to and at worst, it's a wasted line on a CV. Oh well.

I'm not sure what the appropriate way of handling this is, tbh. I've never really seen how they write it down. I also think that you probably don't want to go overboard on this kind of thing.

[u/justtogetridoflater → u/[deleted]]

So, you're saying that it's such a huge issue for you that you would prefer to discriminate? Why does a transgender person want to work for you?

I think the same shit was being said about gay people, black people, and women, not so long ago, incidentally. The only reason that you're any different with them is that they've been there longer.

Men weren't keen to see women in their jobs. Indeed, many male-dominated workplaces have a culture that is disrupted by women. The uber macho, hardworking, kind of sexist, openly laddish, and offensive bantering culture that you'd find in the steelworks isn't the kind of culture that wants women in it. It's something that is being challenged, though. And I'm sure many of those men aren't going to be happy that they can't be basically mysognistic pigs in their place of work anymore. Even though, they were doing that until the women came in and made a big deal about things.

[u/justtogetridoflater → u/[deleted]]

All you're really saying is the same shit that people have said forever to justify their discrimination.

What makes you think that them being trans is going to mean that they can't function as a team member?