Inactionable/Unspeakable

Bisexuality in the Workplace

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12759092
AutoresMilena Popova (0000-0002-5827-8270, University of the West of England, autor correspondente)
Ano2017
Volume18
Fascículo1
Páginas54-66
Data de publicação2017-11-28
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Bisexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1529-9716 • E-ISSN: 1529-9724
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15299716.2017.1383334
OpenAlexW2769024423
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas22

In this article I argue that inclusion of bisexual employees in workplace contexts is hindered by the interaction of two key factors. On the one hand, bisexuality is frequently “invisible” diversity based predominantly around identity, whereas workplaces are action-oriented environments. On the other hand, where bisexuality becomes “actionable” in a workplace context (e.g., in its intersections with polyamory), it is insufficiently conformist or respectable for most employers to be able to account for and be inclusive of it in their institutional structures. The author bases her findings on interviews conducted for an activist book on bisexuality in the United Kingdom as well as autoethnographic reflection of her decade-long employment in the private sector, which included roles in LGBT diversity and inclusion in a multinational corporation

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