frankiepiethings: eschergirls:This isn’t totally on the topic of this blog, but it is import
frankiepiethings: eschergirls: This isn’t totally on the topic of this blog, but it is important to the issue of marginalization and representation in the comics industry and it’s also super important in general, so I want to share it. This is my friend, Jay Edidin (of Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men fame) who was an assistant editor at Dark Horse Comics on the hypocrisy of Dark Horse promoting itself as LGBT-Friendly when it treats queer and trans employees so poorly. (shared with permission) (and as for the concern that covering trans healthcare is too expensive for a “small” company like Dark Horse: Barry Deutsch offered a rebuttal with evidence here: https://twitter.com/barrydeutsch/status/1005941450264068096, but beyond that, what Jay is alleging is more than just coverage but that it is part of a systemic culture from management that is hostile to queer and trans people (& to criticism) ) Dark Horse has since issued a statement here: https://twitter.com/DarkHorseComics/status/1006633440110829568 And Jay’s response to that statement is here: https://twitter.com/RaeBeta/status/1006651984441757696 As well, for those wondering how to help regarding the situation, he has listed suggestions in this thread: https://twitter.com/RaeBeta/status/1006723157464580097 Hates them this much…still took him 7 years to leave just sayin Hey, this is Jay’s wife, and I wouldn’t normally respond to a negative comment like this, but I felt like it was important given the circumstances. I’m not talking about the specifics of Jay’s experience, because I wasn’t there, and it isn’t my story, but I just want to remind you that if someone brought up the fact that a person didn’t leave a domestic abuser or abusive relative for seven years as a criticism, we would think that was a pretty awful comment to make. I know you’re probably not thinking that workplaces can be that, but they can. Any relationship, and especially any relationship where there is a power dynamic, can be.There are a lot of bad relationships that people don’t leave right away, and a lot of bad relationships that we don’t realize are bad at first, or that honestly aren’t even bad at first. Abusive workplaces often do a lot of the same things that abusive family members or domestic partners do. They convince you that you owe them. They convince you that you’re the problem and that if you only work better, there won’t be a problem. They convince you that the good parts are worth the bad parts. They convince you that if you leave, everyone will hate you. It is just as hard for some people to leave a bad work environment as it is for people to leave any other bad social environment– and sometimes harder, because you’re dependent on them for a paycheck. So I’d like to ask you to be a little more compassionate the next time you see a situation where someone worked at a job for a long time but has a lot of misgivings about their employer or former employer. Thanks. -- source link