gay bankers? + or - on wallstreet
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on 8/17/11 at 6:20pm
hey guys,
with all the diversity talk does it help to be a gay banker? apparently gays are actively recruited. at my school being gay actually helps you get in...
those on the street are there any BSDs who are openly gay?
or are they mostly in hr and low level positions






the investment banking world
the investment banking world is a very conservative and orderly bunch (albeit chaos is an everyday hurdle). Although I personally wouldn't care whether you're taking it up the ass, the banking climate is driven by credibility and trust. I just can't imagine 100% of every company you aim to deal with to accept a banker working on his behalf that has a slight 'flair' to him.
If you can't deal with 100% of the companies you're not gonna be as sought after as those that can.
That's gross.
That's gross.
im not gay im curious if they
im not gay im curious if they could have an advantage
it would be an advantage when
it would be an advantage when dealing with HR but not bankers
Like you said, gay candidates
Like you said, gay candidates have a very significant advantage getting an offer since banks want to promote diversity. At many places spots are reserved, etc.
There are gay people at all levels of Wall Street. As high as the ladder goes, there are people who are gay. Anybody who tells you otherwise is ignorant.
Quite a few on the trading
Quite a few on the trading floor where I work. No one makes an issue out of it because they don't make an issue out of it. As long as a purse does not fall out of your mouth every time you speak you generally won't have a problem.
Unlike banking, which I've
Unlike banking, which I've heard from many sources can be incredibly homophobic, consulting is very welcoming to gay candidates. I can verify that this is definitely true at McKinsey, Bain, BCG and Deloitte, and have heard good things about LGBT support at Monitor as well. I've spoken with many LGBT people at the MBB firm I'm at (there's a small group of them in my office) and they've all had incredibly positive experiences.
If you're gay and don't have your heart set on banking, there's a home for you in consulting.
Why on earth would you have
Why on earth would you have an advantage by being gay that is simply unfair? Your sexual preferences have nothing to do with your education and work performance. That information is nobody's business and should be kept private.
I don't think there are gay
I don't think there are gay people on WS. I've never seen A gay dude to be honest.
Aviator wrote: I don't think
I don't think there are gay people on WS. I've never seen A gay dude to be honest.
This is quite ignorant....so you're telling me you know exactly what a closet homosexual looks like? Or even better you've seen everyone on WS. People like you are funny.
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Aviator wrote: I don't think
I don't think there are gay people on WS. I've never seen A gay dude to be honest.
Most gay dudes on Wall Street (actually most gay dudes in general) you wouldn't be able to identify, that is the point.
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I don't think there are gay people on WS. I've never seen A gay dude to be honest.
This is quite ignorant....so you're telling me you know exactly what a closet homosexual looks like? Or even better you've seen everyone on WS. People like you are funny.
You can tell the ones that are gay though, I'm no expert but they have feminine mannerisms and speech patterns, I've worked in different parts of WS and interacted with so many different types of people and never seen who acts gay. Some women might have been lez though, they have short hair and behaved very butch.
This just isn't true... some
This just isn't true... some gay people act as straight as possible just because of people such as yourself... who look for it.. they don't want to be labeled as different. You honestly can't tell. Grant in most situations you can tell but there are still people you just can't tell with at all...
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Aviator
I don't think there are gay people on WS. I've never seen A gay dude to be honest.
This is quite ignorant....so you're telling me you know exactly what a closet homosexual looks like? Or even better you've seen everyone on WS. People like you are funny.
You can tell the ones that are gay though, I'm no expert but they have feminine mannerisms and speech patterns, I've worked in different parts of WS and interacted with so many different types of people and never seen who acts gay. Some women might have been lez though, they have short hair and behaved very butch.
Dude, are you that naive? Many gay men act indistinguishably different from straight guys. That is the point, you cannot tell because they don't act or speak differently. You have seriously never met a gay dude who is not a walking stereotype?
Aviator
I don't think there are gay people on WS. I've never seen A gay dude to be honest.
This is quite ignorant....so you're telling me you know exactly what a closet homosexual looks like? Or even better you've seen everyone on WS. People like you are funny.
You can tell the ones that are gay though, I'm no expert but they have feminine mannerisms and speech patterns, I've worked in different parts of WS and interacted with so many different types of people and never seen who acts gay. Some women might have been lez though, they have short hair and behaved very butch.
"I'm no expert but"... insert blanket generalizations right and left here with more blanket generalizations and stereotypes and tada! (Posts like these are why LGBT programs are still necessary)
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