Imagine I'm a gay man. I come to work every week on a Monday morning and, as is normal, my colleagues say 'how did you spend your weekend' I say 'I had fun, I was with my friend'... thus every Monday for six years, I lie about my identity and lie about being gay, said Shalini Mahtani, founder of Community Business, a Hong Kong-based non-governmental organisation NGO .
Mahtani is not a gay man, nor does she lie about her sexual identity on a daily basis, but she is co-author of the organisation's latest report, Creating Inclusive Workplaces for LGBT Employees A resource guide for employers in Hong Kong, which...