M15 Spy Network Gets Top Marks for LGBT Recruitment and Employment
Just a few year ago you could not legally be a soldier or work for the government, never mind work for an intelligence agency. The fallacy was that LGBT people were targets for black mail. Now we learn that a spy network in England made it their job to recruit LGBT people. Why? Not because gay people are more prone to black mail or make lousy employees. Since we are dealing with a secret agency I leave it up to you to wonder why go after this particular group of citizens. Maybe we make loyal good employees? Yes and more.
How does M15 know that gays are no more a target for black mail than anybody else? LGBT people are less because this community decided to come out. Gays that have come out have neutralized the believed on that mistaken assumption. Everyone has secrets and skeleton in the closet but to say a particular class of people will give up their country to maintain a secret is wrong on many levels; One of them is that you can not just pick people by their eye color no more than their sexual orientation to say they are less committed to the security of their country. This fact had to be shown to M15, to the US government in high security jobs as ambassadors working for the state Dept or as a general working for defense. The coming out was and is the process in which we neutralize all those fallacies by showing we are better than most because nobody but us has to come out as straight; Yet we do it to be able to be ourselves and live honest lives.
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The UK home spy network, known as MI5, was named as the most diverse and accepting of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in a nationwide equality index which measures the levels of those communities across the country. Lloyds bank and its affiliates were found to be second, with the National Assembly of Wales in a close third.
The list of one hundred employers is compiled by the charity ‘Stonewall’ and is based on employee’s answers about equality, diversity, culture and inclusion within the workplace.
Ruth Hunt, Stonewall's chief executive, said “We're thrilled to see such a commitment to lesbian, gay, bi and trans colleagues, but we also know that there is still lots to do."
Ms Hunt’s statement appears to be corroborated by the fact that only 27% of lesbian, gay and bisexual people felt empowered to the extent that they could enclose their sexuality comfortably within their workplace.
Under half of the transgendered people questioned thought that there was a noticeable effort by their workplace bosses to promote trans equality.
Ms Hunt asserted about the importance of acceptance in the workplace in order to not only make people comfortable, but also to boost the productivity of the business.
"We know that people perform better when they can be themselves, and it's been proven that diversity among staff leads to a more productive, positive and creative workplace environment," she said.
MI5 Director General Andrew Parker said diversity was vital for the body as it enabled a broad spectrum of recruitment, with a wider pool meaning wider talent to choose from.
"Diversity is vital for MI5, not just because it's right that we represent the communities we serve, but because we rely on the skills of the most talented people whoever they are, and wherever they may be," he said.
The survey revealed that those people within the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender communities who revealed their predilections were much happier and had greater job satisfaction.
With over 60,000 participants from over 400 workplaces, the survey, which is the 12th of its kind in the UK, is the best way of gauging attitudes and efforts to help the LGBT community gain equality in the workplace.
The legal and housing sectors contributed the most to the top 10 places on the index, while regionally, Wales and the East Midlands had the most workplaces outside of London featured on the list.
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