Your Journey While Moving Ahead In Career:
Moving to a new city changed me
transformatively. When I moved to Mumbai, I had a great time exploring myself
without any external influence. At work, I made conscious efforts to make it
normal to talk about the community amongst my span of influence.
Being
A Part Of The LGBTQI Community & Overcoming Challenges:
Yes, I made a conscious effort in my
workplace but have faced challenges too. The challenge about the stereotyping
of being a leader and aversion to non-jingoism leadership. And it's interesting
that these days companies are acknowledging the community, however, the
fundamental mind-set of not speaking about it freely still exists.
Advice To Organizations And Others Who Might Be Facing Similar Challenges In The Society Or At Workplace:
I believe everyone has a journey of
exploring. I have met a lot of men who are in their closet and can't come out
for the supposed shame. So, I would want to advise the organization first to vet
your policies to see how they are mapped to the community. Don't punish someone
for making unwarranted comments. If the change needs to be sustained, we need
to acknowledge the truth that people were nurtured with a specific school of
thought, and they need to be coached. We have to look at things both ways and
ask what we are doing to create an acceptable environment around us and our
social life... And how are we helping others come out of their biases? As someone
who has alternate orientation, I need to let my actions be the lesson for
others that has a larger impact and help everyone at large, who thinks LGBTQIA
don't exist and for those who are not yet accepting of themselves.