> Explicitly classifying LGBT as a separate group with different thought processes that could impact how a job is performed is inherently discriminatory, even i

> Explicitly classifying LGBT as a separate group with different thought processes that could impact how a job is performed is inherently discriminatory, even if it is done for positive reasons. It's not about "different thought processes", it's about "different lived experiences". We live in a society that is so completely bound up in its conception of the "default" person that we don't even know what we don't know. There are specific advocacy groups just for LGBT people in tech for exactly this reason: outintech.com, for instance. And here's an example of ways that LGBT people find themselves unable to work in environments that don't respect their views: https://www.geekwire.com/2015/out-in-tech-what-its-like-to-be-lgbt-in-an-industry-struggling-with-diversity/ https://www.geekwire.com/2015/out-in-tech-what-its-like-to-b... To think about this as expecting LGBT people (or any group) to bring some different kind of thought is not the point at all. The point is to expand the range of people whose views we consider in the ways we act and in what we create at every level.