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Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:31:03 UTC from web
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@ceruleanspark I love that for two reasons; A) Pretty obvious and B) How there's a seperate option for 'gay man' and 'gay women'
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:32:20 UTC from web-
@scribble There's separate options probably because they're associated with different behaviors.
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:33:47 UTC from web -
@scribble There usually is, in my experience.
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:34:29 UTC from web-
@thelastgherkin @nerthos I would have thought that if there was a sexual orientation option, there'd be a gender option too
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:36:51 UTC from web-
@scribble A bunch of forms I filled out for the government recently had three questions for it: the first was sex, the second was orientation (including separate options for gay men and gay women), and the third was transgender yes/no.
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:39:08 UTC from web-
@thelastgherkin Doesn't that make the 'gay man, gay women' option redundant, as opposed to just adding 'homosexual'?
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:40:38 UTC from web-
@scribble Clearly they had to put both so you could tick both. And then the trangender box.
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:41:44 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark Perfect
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:43:13 UTC from web
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@scribble You'd think that.
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:42:26 UTC from web-
@thelastgherkin Silly government.
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:43:43 UTC from web-
@scribble I think it's for pencil pushing reasons more than anything. Only having to look at one field of a database to see how many of each sexuality there is, instead of having to spend time cross-referencing it against gender.
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:46:08 UTC from web
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@thelastgherkin in private companies I see nothing wrong with that personally.
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:42:47 UTC from web-
@pony In a private company, as opposed to what?
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:44:27 UTC from web-
@thelastgherkin I know very little about business so "private" may not be the correct term. I'm thinking of little mom & pop owned and run small businesses as well as larger businesses owned by a single individual, family, or closed group.
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:48:04 UTC from web
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@scribble I wanna know what organisation is asking. It's basically illegal to ask that sort of thing.
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:35:30 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark That's illegal? Everything is illegal now!
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:36:21 UTC from web-
@nerthos well i think its illegal to make them answer
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:36:59 UTC from web -
@nerthos You're not allowed to not-employ someone just because of their sexual preference.
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:37:28 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark well they can get around that pretty easily these days by just saying it was because of something else...
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:38:19 UTC from web-
@polocatfan Yeah. In England the typical thing is to say they're doing it for "Equality reasons".
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:38:57 UTC from web
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@ceruleanspark I always defended the right of the employers to employ whoever they want, because the work is theirs. Everyone has the right to decide who and why works for them.
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:40:01 UTC from web
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@nerthos You are breathing air in violation of the law. Cease breathing immediately or face the consequences.
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:37:44 UTC from web-
@redenchilada Come at me, cop.
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:38:57 UTC from web
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@ceruleanspark How's that chinese orientation?
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:33:08 UTC from web -
@ceruleanspark lol wut the buck!?
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:36:24 UTC from web -
@ceruleanspark I'm Chi-curious.
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@spectrumscramble as am I!
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:37:48 UTC from web
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@ceruleanspark well there was a papayasstorm when my local council started asking questions about sexuality and even asking if people were transgender. Simply in surveys regarding them emptying bins
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:37:27 UTC from web -
@ceruleanspark make one up? Or make one for ponies.
Thursday, 05-Apr-12 16:37:50 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
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