Asking for your sexual orientation on job applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would you even consider working for an organization which classified applicants and employees that way? It tells you all you need to know about their politics and biases.

Exactly. That's some creepy crap right there!

[Anonymous]

Go for other/self describe and write in Prefer Not to Disclose. Problem solved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Identify the organization or we won't believe you. This sounds entirely made up, by you.

You sound very young and ignorant. Are you home from school today?

[Anonymous]

Report the firm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been applying for jobs for over a year and have never seen anything beyond gender and that was F/M/prefer not to answer.

What companies specifically?

I don't belive that for a second! You've been applying for over a year and none had more than M or F? lol lol Ok! The gender question with lots of answers is nearly on every application the sexual preference/orientation question less often but still consistently out there.

I’m the PP and i haven’t seen anything close to this. Only basic gender, ethnicity, and citizenship status. My field is very corporate and national security oriented.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not apply.

I agree. I'm wondering if this is data collection to be sold or they get more grants depending on your answer.

Yes.

[Anonymous]

I’m a gay woman that works for local government and I’ve never seen this although I haven’t applied for a job for almost 13 years.
I’d have a hard time applying, I don’t think they should ask….. maybe I’m used to government jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been applying for jobs since we are all uncertain right now. Granted it's been a long time since doing this I'm shocked by some of these questions on the applications. So now I think I've seen it all. First gender, what you identify as now a huge list instead of "male" or "female" or "trans." I was asked for my sexual orientation: heterosexual, homosexual, asexual, pansexual, you get it, basically WHO do you like to have sex with. This was NOT optional. It was a drop down you could not get passed unless you answered. Why would any company need to know what your sexual preference was and furthermore why would it matter? Is this typical? Have you seen this before? I'm taking a aback because I don't know why they would need this information and I was always taught to keep your professional work separate from your private life. This steps over the line to me. It feels very inappropriate. I did not apply to the job. Anyone in HR can shed some light?

Seen a doctor lately? Many of the same questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've been applying for jobs since we are all uncertain right now. Granted it's been a long time since doing this I'm shocked by some of these questions on the applications. So now I think I've seen it all. First gender, what you identify as now a huge list instead of "male" or "female" or "trans." I was asked for my sexual orientation: heterosexual, homosexual, asexual, pansexual, you get it, basically WHO do you like to have sex with. This was NOT optional. It was a drop down you could not get passed unless you answered. Why would any company need to know what your sexual preference was and furthermore why would it matter? Is this typical? Have you seen this before? I'm taking a aback because I don't know why they would need this information and I was always taught to keep your professional work separate from your private life. This steps over the line to me. It feels very inappropriate. I did not apply to the job. Anyone in HR can shed some light?

Seen a doctor lately? Many of the same questions.

Np not sure what you're talking about. What exactly is repeated?

Op I've noticed this too. I never answer questions like this but if forced I'd either no apply or pick other self-describe. They have no real right asking.

[Anonymous]

I have never heard of asking for sexual orientation on an application. I have had someone call me for a reference and try to leas me into a discussion of someone's personal life. I believed they were fishing for information about sexuality because the employer was a company full of macho ex military.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've been applying for jobs since we are all uncertain right now. Granted it's been a long time since doing this I'm shocked by some of these questions on the applications. So now I think I've seen it all. First gender, what you identify as now a huge list instead of "male" or "female" or "trans." I was asked for my sexual orientation: heterosexual, homosexual, asexual, pansexual, you get it, basically WHO do you like to have sex with. This was NOT optional. It was a drop down you could not get passed unless you answered. Why would any company need to know what your sexual preference was and furthermore why would it matter? Is this typical? Have you seen this before? I'm taking a aback because I don't know why they would need this information and I was always taught to keep your professional work separate from your private life. This steps over the line to me. It feels very inappropriate. I did not apply to the job. Anyone in HR can shed some light?

Seen a doctor lately? Many of the same questions.

The doctor is different - who you have sex with can impact the education they want to provide.

[Anonymous]

This is extremely common and you can opt. Almost all modern companies will ask you to identify your gender, race, if you’re a veteran, if you have disabilities, and your sexual orientation. It’s primarily for tracking if candidates are being discriminated against.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Identify the organization or we won't believe you. This sounds entirely made up, by you.

Atlassian

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is extremely common and you can opt. Almost all modern companies will ask you to identify your gender, race, if you’re a veteran, if you have disabilities, and your sexual orientation. It’s primarily for tracking if candidates are being discriminated against.

Sexual orientation? No. Not common. I submitted five applications last week. And, five the week before that.

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Anonymous wrote:No idea. I've been job hunting for about 6 months and have seen it a few times. It's just weird.

Right???!! If they give you the option not to answer do you? And if they don't do you select the correct option? What did you do? These were the choices:

Man, woman, cisgender, transgender, non-binary, intersex, two-spirit

Asexual, biosexual, gay, heterosexual, lesbian, pansexual, queer, questioning, other I will self-describe

Asking that question is so blatantly illegal, and has been illegal forever.