Improve sponsorship to support career progression. Companies can improve sponsorship experiences and support LGBTQ+ employees’ professional development by training managers on how to be effective sponsors to junior colleagues and proactively pairing LGBTQ+ women and trans employees with sponsors to support their career progression. Training should include, for example, awareness of broader support systems or resource groups. One in eight lesbian, gay and bi people (12 per cent) wouldn’t feel confident reporting any homophobic or biphobic bullying to their employer. One in five trans people (21 per cent) wouldn’t report transphobic bullying in the workplace. While serving a customer at work I corrected them on pronouns and they laughed in my face and asked me if I had a penis and told me I was wrong. My supervisor witnessed the whole thing and told me not to be so dramatic about it. Ross, 23 (Scotland)

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Men at Work initially broke through to North American audiences in the western provinces of Canada with "Who Can It Be Now?" hitting the top10 on radio stations in Winnipeg by May 1982. It peaked at No.8 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles Chart in July. [16] In August the group toured Canada and the United States to promote the album and related singles, supporting Fleetwood Mac. [7] [8] The band became more popular on Canadian radio in the following months and also started receiving top40 US airplay by August. [17] In October "Who Can It Be Now?" reached No.1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, [18] while Canada was one single ahead with "Down Under" topping the Canadian charts that same month. [16] In the following month Business as Usual began a 15-week run at No.1 on the Billboard 200. [18] In January 1983, they were the first Australian artists to have a simultaneous No.1 album and No.1 single on the United States Billboard charts: Business as Usual (released on 9 November 1981) and "Down Under" (1981), respectively. With the same works, they achieved the distinction of a simultaneous No.1 album and No.1 single on the Australian, New Zealand, and United Kingdom charts. Their second album Cargo (2 May 1983) was No.1 in Australia, No.2 in New Zealand, No.3 in the US, and No.8 in the UK. Their third album Two Hearts (3 April 1985) reached the top20 in Australia and top50 in the US.

In 2018, I had the privilege of touring Europe as part of Ringo’s All Starr Band, during the Northern Hemisphere summer. Every night we would play each other’s hits, and it was most enjoyable. The audience’s appetite for those old tunes is insatiable. I started to wonder about the feasibility of mounting a tour with my band to play primarily those dear old songs. For the last three decades, I have spent the bulk of my time, making records, and touring the US, building an audience playing my solo music. It seems to have built up a head of steam, and I shall continue to do this till I drop most likely, as I find it rewarding, nourishing, and connecting. The TUC conducted this research to investigate the extent to which the progress of recent decades in embedding formal legal protections for LGBT+ workers has translated into positive and inclusive experiences of the workplace. What we found was worrying: despite LGBT+ workers being protected by law from discrimination, harassment and bullying, too many still experienced the workplace as a negative or even harmful. People still listen to and love their music today over 40 years since they formed. Jayne has also gone on to work on maybe films involved in LGBTQ+ narratives. Those Were 10 Of Our Favorite LGBTQ+ Bands & Iconic Gay Bands – a b "Winners by Award: Hall of Fame". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009 . Retrieved 23 October 2020. They won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1983, they were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1994, and they have sold over 30 million albums worldwide. In May 2001, "Down Under" was listed at No.4 on the APRA Top 30 Australian songs and Business as Usual appeared in the book 100 Best Australian Albums (October 2010).

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New Colin Hay – Trying To Get To You LISTEN". noise11. 26 December 2014 . Retrieved 1 January 2022. Hay finds it weird that Down Under has become to many Aussies, particularly those exiled in London’s Antipodean enclave of Earls Court, a flag-waving anthem. BME people were more likely to have had negative experiences, specifically the intersection of multiple discriminations. Diana Ellsworth: The LGBTQ+ community is underrepresented in the workplace, especially at more senior levels. As a result, many feel like an “only” at work and are more likely to experience microaggressions; they might feel unable to talk openly and comfortably about themselves, for example, or need constantly to correct assumptions about their personal lives. We see many incredible examples of members of the LGBTQ+ community thriving at work, but overall, barriers and challenges remain.Be it on the factory floor or in a board meeting; evading questions about family life can be like dodging bullets if you think that revealing your sexuality will make work relations difficult. LGBT people like myself are very aware of the fact that we live in a heteronormative society. With lyrics delving into themes such as nudity, transgender issues, and even sadomasochism, queer sexual expression and LGBTQ+ issues became a popular, but controversial focus of Tribe 8.