oursky / lgbtq-glassdoor

LGBTQ Glassdoor aims to help LGBTQ individuals share and find supportive work environments.
https://lgbtqglassdoor.com/
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[About Us] Update Copywriting - EN only #54

Closed athenaoursky closed 6 years ago

athenaoursky commented 6 years ago

[Copywriting] About LGBTQ Glassdoor

About

We know that Hong Kong has a long way to go. Many people are not out in the workplace, sometimes even when a company has explicit same-sex or trans policies and benefits. At the same time, there may be companies that have no official policies, but have been supportive on individual cases when they are raised. Some organizations may have LGBTQ individuals and allies who want to be visible. The LGBTQ Glassdoor is meant to help capture these possibilities for LGBTQ-identified individuals to find positions in better work environments.

The LGBTQ Glassdoor aims to help LGBTQ individuals find inclusive workplaces in Hong Kong. The listings on the website are submitted by individuals, LGBTQ-identified and allies, who feel an organization (a company, NGO, or public agency) is LGBTQ-friendly.

As the listings are submitted by individuals and teams can change over time, not all of the information may be updated. We recommend that individuals find out more information through a company's website and talking with staff. The LGBTQ Glassdoor as a directory is meant to be a starting point for individuals to find information and for listed organizations to work towards greater inclusion.

The LGBTQ Glassdoor was created with Oursky's opensource backend, Skygear and has received in-kind hosting and technical support sponsorship from Oursky.

If you would like to create a directory for your city or country can clone the LGBTQ Glassdoor repo. If you do, let us know!

You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

About the Team The LGBTQ Glassdoor is an independent side project that was started by team members at Oursky. It is currently an independently run, volunteer-led initiative by a team based in Hong Kong.

If you have any updates for listings, please contact us at hello[at]lgbtqglassdoor.com

About Oursky By 2018 after nearly a decade after its founding, Oursky didn't have many official policies. Still, two out colleagues generally felt it was an inclusive workplace, but there was nowhere to share this information. We then wondered what other LGBTQ-friendly SMEs in Hong Kong were also under the radar. When we couldn't find any official list, we decided to create a platform to crowdsource information. The directory is created through the collaboration of both Oursky's LGBTQ-identified individuals and allies.

The Oursky team members who began this project in 2018 are Athena Lam, Kai Lam, Ten Tang, and May Yeung with invaluable contributions from Patrick Cheung, Jane Chung, Grace Lee, David Ng, and Queenie So. Oursky currently continues to support this independent project through in-kind hosting sponsorship.

What counts as LGBTQ-friendly? LGBTQ-friendly for this project means that an LGBTQ-identified person generally feels comfortable to be themselves in the workplace, even if they are not necessarily out. We say “generally” because everyone has different comfort levels and also because workplaces can vary in their inclusiveness. For example, some places may have same-sex benefits, but lack trans-friendly policies.

In addition, we wanted LGBTQ individuals to find relevant information for their needs. For example, trans colleagues may want to find offices with gender neutral washrooms while a same-sex couple may want to find a company with same-sex partner benefits.


david90 commented 6 years ago

@athenaoursky Need Chinese Translation?

athenaoursky commented 6 years ago

Yes 😭😭 there is no can version yet.

2018年9月6日(木) 18:54 David Ng notifications@github.com:

@athenaoursky https://github.com/athenaoursky Need Chinese Translation?

— You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub https://github.com/oursky/lgbtq-glassdoor/issues/54#issuecomment-419051727, or mute the thread https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/An1M-ML0gOM14gsYxpgjK7WRXBynZpKRks5uYP70gaJpZM4WaWWn .

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athenaoursky commented 6 years ago

@david90 maybe I will ask Queenie to see when she can schedule the Chinese version? If she's too busy, then can we push the English version out first (and maybe hide the Chinese link for now)? If that's inconvenient, then we can just direct the About to the EN version first.

david90 commented 6 years ago

Cool that makes sense!

athenaoursky commented 6 years ago

@david90 can you add in the link to the opensource repo? Thanks!

And it seems the padding is a bit close to the side edges? Perhaps we can add some more?