City in Mich. to Host the Midwest‘s First ’LGBT’ Job Expo
- Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:07pm by
Becket Adams
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The city of Ferndale, Mich., whose slogan is “Good Neighbors,” is hosting what many are calling the Midwest’s first lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) job expo.
Almost two dozen companies — including Metlife, Merrill Lynch, General Motors, Chrysler, Comerica Bank, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, The FBI Detroit Branch, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan — have signed on to participate in the event.
Mark McMillian, who works with the advocacy group Affirmations, said the idea behind the job fair is to provide members of the LGBT community with “an open, safe environment to look for a job without fear of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity,” according to CBS Detroit.
According to McMillian, members of the LGBT community lack protection in regards to workplace discrimination.
“[M]eaning they can be passed over for a job, and even fired, for their sexual orientation, without any legal recourse,” CBS Detroit adds.
Considering the expo’s proximity to Detroit, whose unemployment rate is a shocking 16.9 percent, and the fact that it’s open to people from all over the Midwest, it’s safe to assume there will be a high turnout. But this raises an interesting question: Do you have to be a member of the LGBT community to attend?
The answer is “no.” The event is open to everyone.
“[T]he Job Expo is open to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation,” McMillian told The Blaze in an email. “As a matter of fact, all of our programs and services are open to the public.”
“Affirmations is hoping to create a safe, welcoming environment for members of the LGBT community since, currently, we can be fired for being Gay or Lesbian in Michigan,” he added.
Front page photo source: Beyond Credentials
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Comments (80)
Watermain
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 12:39amReally, gay, lesbian and transgender “people” matter in the real world?
eatyourveggies
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 2:51amThe-Monk, if you don’t mind, could you share that AIDS cure? It sounds very interesting.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 4:06amMONK,
I properly collected unemployment insurance until it ran out; because I paid into unemployment insurance for nearly Seventeen years.The insurance ran out I knew the time and had already restructured our financial picture. I took the first offer after it ran out. Currently earn 70% of what I earned 2 Yrs ago. I await 1st the Supreme court and then the elections in November.
Report Post »Bryan B
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 5:39amIf thats the case, then over half of U.S. Veterans as a whole could not Vote. And more then 50% of the Afghabistan and Iraq Veterans have applyed for SSI Disability……
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:07am@BRYAN…
Report Post »You are saying… that the 4% Gay statistical number… means they are all in the Military?
Bryan B
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:54am@lukerw
No not at all, considering only between 3% or 4% of the U.S. population is homosexual. I have no idea how many homosexuals are currently serving or have served in the U.S. military (all Branches), as far as I know, there are no statistics…..
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 12:06pmGreat opportunity for all those with ’LGBT Studies” degrees; Wonder if the DNC is gonna have a booth; or the Obama Campaign?? Barney Frank should be there to get folks to enlist in the ‘Fighting 69th’….The Barney Frank Battalion……..“Death From Behind”; they lead “from the rear”…….
YOU can’t make this stuff up!!1
Report Post »Kavana
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 2:05pmYes they do.
Report Post »woodyb
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 2:38pmWith all of the BLO jobs that will be offered, and accepted, this should really lower the unemployment rate!!!!!!!
Report Post »LetUsReason
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 2:49pmHmm…I can get behind this. That way you can know exactly who you DON’T want to hire. I have personal experience seeing how hiring a transgender is done for the sake of “fairness” and “diversity”…..only to have that person “leave for other opportunities” because they lacked the skillset necessary for the job they were originally hired for. That said, if the transgender happens to be qualified, then treat them like everyone else. And no Charlotte, you were born Charles, you cannot go to the Ladies’ room.
Report Post »The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 4:26pmI really want to learn of the origin of that statistic. I’ve even seen the number go as high as 9%. I think the way the poll was written counted anyone who had once engaged in homoerotic activity (believe me or dont, it’s quite high among young women) counted as homosexual or bisexualeven if they didn’t identify themselves that way.
Report Post »Duey2000
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 12:12amUm, you can’t discriminate based on sexual orientation. It’s right there in the fair labor act.
Report Post »Michigander
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 1:58pmThanks, I was going to say that.
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 11:49pmBewildered in LA.
Report Post »I can see having a Jobs fair based work experience or some attribute that employers find beneficial.So I sit here with my thinking cap on trying to understand what does someone in the lgbt community have to offer that is special to this Community. I’m stuck so maybe this Jobs Fair is really a Dating Service.
rangerp
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 12:06amI hear the carpet mill is looking for taste testers
Report Post »BellaMia7
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 11:11pmObama has turned out country into a freak show. Seriously, as an employer, I’d be more worried about hiring a liberal than a gay person. I believe in discriminating on the basis of political orientation.
Report Post »TrueSoundsOfLiberty
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 1:47amBut you believe in discrimination. At least you’re honest about it.
Report Post »Croaker
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:16amI discriminate constantly on a daily basis. Consciously and unconsciously I decide wether I like something or don’t. I judge pretty much everything and everyone always. I believe this is discrimination. I wonder when it became “evil.” I use discrimination with every decision I make. Seems to be part of survival and helps me to make wise decisions. Do I hire the aggressive looking person with tattos and nose rings? Even if that person is qualified, they don’t have the image I desire for business. It would not be a profitable decision for me(oh yes I also believe in profits). It was that persons choice to get tatoos and nose rings, I will hire the guy who is clean cut.
Sometime i think that some people who have poor work ethics or don’t wish to comply with my company image, but happen to be gay, focus on the gay part. Even though I fired or didnt hire because of image or ethic they will accuse me of “discrimination” against gays. they use their gayness as an excuse for their lack of work ethic or image.
We all discriminate, it is a natural essential part of being human. Go ahead and start an all gay company where you don’t discriminate against sexual identity OR work ethic or appearance. You will not offer much competition to me. If you don‘t hire me I won’t complain or feel slighted, in fact I will defend your right to do so(or not do so).
Know what you believe and why you belive it.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 10:45pmMaybe I should be a black mexican transexual that snuck across the border so I can get all the whiny tax beneifts and pity. oh to be of the prefered liberal mix of idiocy.
Report Post »joe conservative
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 11:10pmIt’s never about equal rights with these liberal movements; it’s about “special” rights. Where I live they are trying to pass a special rights bill for the LGBT community. The city council says it will bring in new business…….really? How does that work? So according to their logic, businesses are just standing by waiting to flood the city as soon as they pass a LGBT special rights measure. These groups are amazing in their propaganda. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-WWrGHn5QQ
Report Post »Bete Noire
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 10:28pmHow many interior decorators, wedding planners or hairstylist do they need in Michigan????
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:07amGreat ID Pic!
Actually, given Ferndale, Port Huron, and other cities… I would have thought Michigan would be Exporting their Services!
Report Post »alpha2omega47
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 10:25pmOnly dysfunctional freaks need apply. These people are all sick in the head.
Report Post »OklahomaBound
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 10:24pmShould have called it ‘Hire A ***” instead of a job expo.
Report Post »RhetoricalQuestion
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:59pmIf it’s open to everyone, then why not just refer to it as a “Job Expo?”
Report Post »PASSIONFORCHRIST
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 1:17pmBecause it’s really not for the PUBLIC! THAT’S WHY IT SAYS lgbt job expo.
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:51pmWhy didn’t I think of it first? This is exactly the beginning we have been looking for to jump-start our economy!
(sarcasm-off). What in the heck? This is going to be the campaign summer that we are now entering. Every special-interest group will be highlighted and the American people will be just shoved into the background. I pray that Jon McNaughton’s piece “The Empowered Man” actually has a chance to come to fruition.
I was really optimistic earlier in the day until I read this story. Too many people are still trying to carve out their own individual piece of the pie in order to make sure they have a larger piece than those who are reluctant and therefor slower. How about passing your piece of the pie down the line until somebody that really needs it can eat?
Report Post »drenfroe
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:47pmSo, now to be gay, ect means you can discriminate against all others. Special treatment.
Report Post »bravjim
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:46pmThat is a load of crap about them not being able to get jobs or being allowed to be fired just for being gay. I’ve known plenty of gay people, have worked with plenty of gays in the past. Ain’t never seen one fired for being gay. More likely, their being fired for not doing their jobs or doing something stupid at work, and therefore blame the mgr or owner for being gay. It’s the same crap they like to lay on conservatives not wanting them to have civil rights.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:43pmI think I would rather have a PB&J or BLT job.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:42pmI remember when gays were hired solely for their workability.
Report Post »For their job performance.
Not for some crybaby, protected civil rights puckishness.
Kisses6350
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 12:57pmGuess ya‘ll know how African American’s feel………………..***Smriks*** Wow, aint seen folks to mad since……………….Oboma got in office!!!!!!!!!!! lmaooooooooooo Priceless!
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:39pmFerndale has a high gay population……… But there‘s a great pizza place named Como’s……..love it !!! Been goin there since I was 15…..
Report Post »CrismaFire
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:39pmI am definitely against homosexuality but I don’t hate gays just hate what they do. I know they need jobs and even if they are fruit cakes as long as they can do the job I would hire them. I hope some of them get some really good paying jobs from this.
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:33pmAgain the Liberals and their pathetic mentality…. everyone has to be labelled, everyone has to be put in a box, everyone has to be treated separately… so we can all be together…. they put the MORON in oxy-morons with this stupidity…
Why do LGTB’s need to have a job fair?!?!?!? Is being gay or lesbian or transtestical supposed to give them different or worse or better job skills. How about just focusing on jobs skills, not on “Hey I’m gay“ or ”Im lesbian“ or ”hey I’ve got a penis, or had a penis a lopped it off”
Who cares!!!!! If you aren’t qualified, doesn’t matter if you straight, white, christian, gun toting, bible thumping, virgin, libertarian, off the grid, living in a bunker with 5 years of food insurance supplies…. you ain‘t get’n the job !!!!
Lets stop with the African Americans, Irish Americans, Catholic Americans, LGBT Americans…. we are ALL Americans (EXCEPT FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS — GO HOME) this is the Great American Melting Pot, jump in and become an AMERICAN, no labels, get out of the ticky-tacky liberal boxes they’ve created and throw the labels away and just be AMERICANS !!!
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 10:29pmAmen!
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 11:00pmSimple common sense can cure this disorder.
Report Post »Kisses6350
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:41amWell said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I agree!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:32pmDo they have I.D. cards or do they have to prove it?
Report Post »MRMANN
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 6:00amExcellent point!
Report Post »Kavana
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 1:58pmjust read. It says open for all.
Report Post »kung
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:31pmI don’t give a crap. Let the Muslims sort it out.
Report Post »barbiegirl ny
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:30pmIt‘s too bad they’re not having this in Dearborn.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:35pm…and some pork and beans
Report Post »spirited
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:36pmand tomato salad
Report Post »barber2
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:28pmAnd just what does this “LGBT” label have to do with job qualifications ? What a stupid waste of time . Bet the Holder DOJ is focused on this even tough our borders and our economy are in serious trouble. Glad the “ greatest generation” is gone. Today, they would now be the ” greatest Upset generation.” So now he focus is on one’s ” sexual orientation?” What ever happened to ones ‘ ability to do the job well ? Oh, 1960′s ? Affirmative Action ? Sad mess.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:20pmHave to say .. I do not miss “living” in Michigan.
Report Post »muffythetuffy
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:29pmThese Homosexual Job Fares Have Been Going On For Several Years
In major cities there are usually two job fares held each day. One in the morning for white suckers and another in the afternoon for blacks, tans, and homosexuals. The afternoon session is where the real jobs are offered. Strait white males should just go to the homosexual sessions that is unless applicants are required to prove they are homosexual.
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 10:40pmBad enough to openly hire a gay and then get sued for calling them a gay.
Report Post »Vickie Dhaene
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:11amI don’t miss Michigan either. I have a lot of family still there and I pray for them everyday.
Report Post »perry1980
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:18pmWhat kind of “job” will they get
Report Post »spirited
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:38pma blow by blow of what to say and ask at an interview.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:16pmyep, i STILL dont really care what less than 2 % of the countries population do in the bedroom
and im fresh out of grease so stop the da.mn squeaking
Report Post »Red Meat
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:16pmI’ll be holding my white American middle aged male job expo in August.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:20pmBlack this and that
Latino this and that…
>white caucus –anyone?
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