EPA Asks Employees If They’re Straight, Gay, or ‘Something Else’

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 EPA Asks Employees If They’re Straight, Gay, or ‘Something Else’
Posted By Elizabeth Harrington On January 4, 2017 @ 5:00 am In Politics | No Comments

The Environmental Protection Agency is asking all its employees whether they are straight, gay, or “something else” in an effort to create a more “inclusive” workplace.

The Washington Free Beacon obtained a copy of the agency’s Sexual Orientation Gender Identity (SOGI) survey, which is part of a pilot program to voluntarily collect information on its employees.

The survey first asks the employee’s pay grade, supervisory status, education, age, marital status, and race, before inquiring, “What sex were you assigned at birth?”
 

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[Jazzhead]

Why is an employee's sexual orientation any business whatsoever of an employer,  unless of course sex is part of the job?   What about the rights of those gays who, for whatever reason,  choose to keep their private lives private?     

[Frank Cannon]

Why is an employee's sexual orientation any business whatsoever of an employer,  unless of course sex is part of the job?

The EPA likes to screw people so yes, it is part of the job.

[Silver Pines]

Why is an employee's sexual orientation any business whatsoever of an employer,  unless of course sex is part of the job?   What about the rights of those gays who, for whatever reason,  choose to keep their private lives private?   

@Jazzhead

This way the gays/trans/something elses can be coddled and given special treatment.

[mountaineer]

This way the gays/trans/something elses can be coddled and given special treatment.

This way, these mentally disturbed individuals can completely botch whatever phony baloney job they're assigned to, and be immune from discipline. "You can't fire me, I'm LBGTAQXYZ!!"

[Silver Pines]

This way, these mentally disturbed individuals can completely botch whatever phony baloney job they're assigned to, and be immune from discipline. "You can't fire me, I'm LBGTAQXYZ!!"

@mountaineer

Yep, exactly. 

I was just reading a link from Twitter which said that doctors now can't refuse to give a transgender a pelvic exam.  I'd like to know how in the hell that's supposed to work. 

[mountaineer]

I was just reading a link from Twitter which said that doctors now can't refuse to give a transgender a pelvic exam.  I'd like to know how in the hell that's supposed to work.

They'll be required to have both an ob-gyn and urologist on call, just to cover all bases (so to speak).

[Silver Pines]

They'll be required to have both an ob-gyn and urologist on call, just to cover all bases (so to speak).

@mountaineer

I guess there's no point at which this lunacy is going to end.

[andy58-in-nh]

In an effort to promote "equality" and "opportunity", the Federal government now virtually mandates that employers (including government) explicitly take into account not only immutable personal characteristics but also lifestyle choices wholly unrelated to ability, experience, effort, or achievement.

In the old, sane world, that used to be known as "discrimination". 

[Jazzhead]

In an effort to promote "equality" and "opportunity", the Federal government now virtually mandates that employers (including government) explicitly take into account not only immutable personal characteristics but also lifestyle choices wholly unrelated to ability, experience, effort, or achievement.

Well, it's not that bad yet.  But the issue is simple privacy.  Why should any employee be required to reveal his/her sexual orientation to an employer,  unless the individual wants to take advantage of benefits the employer voluntarily provides?    Not all gays are militants obsessed with "pride" and openness.   Many want to lead quiet lives, and certainly want to keep their personal lives separate from their employment lives.   

[dfwgator]

"No. We're not homosexual, but we're willing to learn."

[Silver Pines]

"No. We're not homosexual, but we're willing to learn."

@dfwgator

Lol....classic.

[Gefn]

Strange how no one ever asks if you are celibate.

[rodamala]

If they were to be completely honest with this survey, as Federal Government Employees they would voluntarily admit they love screwing taxpayers the most.

[endicom]

What about the rights of those gays who, for whatever reason,  choose to keep their private lives private?   

What of the rest of us who choose to keep our private lives private? What if we will not accede to accepting that people are assigned a sex at birth rather than being what they are at birth?

[geronl]

How about a workplace where nobody knows or cares what you do at home.

[Wingnut]

The EPA likes to screw people so yes, it is part of the job.

They have to protect their phony baloney jobs jobs!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTmfwklFM-M&ab_channel=EdMorrissey

[SirLinksALot]

SOURCE: WASHINGTON FREE BEACON

URL: http://freebeacon.com/politics/epa-asks-employees-theyre-straight-gay-something-else/

BY: Elizabeth Harrington   


The Environmental Protection Agency is asking all its employees whether they are straight, gay, or “something else” in an effort to create a more “inclusive” workplace.

The Washington Free Beacon obtained a copy of the agency’s Sexual Orientation Gender Identity (SOGI) survey, which is part of a pilot program to voluntarily collect information on its employees.

The survey first asks the employee’s pay grade, supervisory status, education, age, marital status, and race, before inquiring, “What sex were you assigned at birth?”

The EPA wants to know how many of its employees are “Straight, that is, not Lesbian or Gay,” lesbian or gay, bisexual, or “Something else.”



The EPA only gave its employees three gender options, instead of 37.

After asking employees if they describe themselves as male, female, transgender, or none of the above, the EPA asks what they “think of when answering the last question.” Choices are “My biological anatomy,” “Characteristics of my personality,” “How others view me/societal expectations of me,” “How I see myself,” and “Other.”



The agency has defined gender as “male, female, a blend of both, or neither.”

An agency spokesperson previously told the Free Beacon that the program allows the EPA to “assess whether individuals have equal opportunity for employment,” enabling “a robust and scientific way to identify any potential barriers to equal employment opportunity, and then to design solutions to address those potential barriers.”

The EPA gives its employees the option of saying certain questions, such as questions about their sexual orientation, make them feel uncomfortable.

The survey asks respondents “How comfortable are you with discussing your gender identity” or “sexual orientation at your place of work?” It also asks respondents “How comfortable are you with being asked about your gender identity by your agency?” Answer options are “Very comfortable,” “Somewhat comfortable,” “Neither comfortable or uncomfortable,” and “Somewhat uncomfortable.”



Employees also can answer that gender identity is “irrelevant to my agency’s mission.”

The survey asks if employees have concerns about being asked about their sexual orientation because it is a “sensitive topic,” or because “people who are not authorized may access this information.”

One question asks respondents to select potential benefits of the EPA asking about gender identity. Answers include “a more inclusive workplace,” “greater acceptance of differences,” or “I don’t think there are any benefits.”

[geronl]

I think maybe it should be a crime for an employer to ask this. Especially a government employer.

[Mod2]

Merged two threads on the same topic.

[Suppressed]

Agencies of some states have received similar surveys.

[Suppressed]

@mountaineer

Yep, exactly. 

I was just reading a link from Twitter which said that doctors now can't refuse to give a transgender a pelvic exam.  I'd like to know how in the hell that's supposed to work.

Heck, for a period of time back when VMI was men-only, their doctor was a gynecologist (no joke)!

[Emjay]

Well, it's not that bad yet.  But the issue is simple privacy.  Why should any employee be required to reveal his/her sexual orientation to an employer,  unless the individual wants to take advantage of benefits the employer voluntarily provides?    Not all gays are militants obsessed with "pride" and openness.   Many want to lead quiet lives, and certainly want to keep their personal lives separate from their employment lives.

Everytime I look up on the Net to find what percentage of the population falls into the LBG whatever, I get answers like 3%, 2%, 4%.

So why does every single TV show and news article and law and everything relate to that statistically tiny proportion of the population?

[Smokin Joe]

Everytime I look up on the Net to find what percentage of the population falls into the LBG whatever, I get answers like 3%, 2%, 4%.

So why does every single TV show and news article and law and everything relate to that statistically tiny proportion of the population?

If you go by the distribution of 'types' on TV, you would conclude that America is populated by 25% GLBTQ, 25% black, 25% other non caucasian, and a split for the remaining 25% of 95 lb white women who can take down multiple gorillas unarmed, and the remainder just really stupid uncoordinated white guys.

It's almost as accurate as the news...

[Emjay]

If you go by the distribution of 'types' on TV, you would conclude that America is populated by 25% GLBTQ, 25% black, 25% other non caucasian, and a split for the remaining 25% of 95 lb white women who can take down multiple gorillas unarmed, and the remainder just really stupid uncoordinated white guys.

It's almost as accurate as the news...

Totally true.  Get's old after a while.