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Militer de l’intérieur : Les stratégies des réseaux professionnels LGBT

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  • Lisa Buchter

    (EM - EMLyon Business School)

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"En dépit de l'essor des politiques diversité en France depuis les années 2000, peu d'entreprises et d'administrations se sont saisies des questions de lutte contre l'homophobie et la transphobie. Fondé sur une analyse textuelle et longitudinale d'archives complétée par des entretiens, l'article examine les stratégies de cinq réseaux internes portés par des « salarié·e·s militant·e·s », engagé·e·s de manière visible pour la cause lgbt sur leur lieu de travail. Ces réseaux internes de grandes entreprises ou d'administrations développent eux-mêmes des ressources et des services de prévention et de sensibilisation, et utilisent comme levier la réputation des employeurs à propos de leur engagement pour la diversité. Ces acteurs peuvent, à mesure qu'ils acquièrent une visibilité et une légitimité dans leur organisation, étendre le champ de leurs revendications et le périmètre de leurs actions, dénonçant de plus en plus vigoureusement l'inaction de leur employeur face aux discriminations à l'encontre des minorités sexuelles et de genre. Même s'ils proposent des actions modérées ou réformistes, ces réseaux participent à transformer de l'intérieur les politiques de ressources humaines.""Despite the development of diversity policies in France since the 2000s, few companies and public administrations have taken up issues related to the fight against homophobia and transphobia. Based on a textual and longitudinal analysis of archives, supplemented by interviews, this article examines the strategies of five internal networks made up of "activist employees," who are openly committed to the lgbtq cause in their workplaces. These networks within corporations or public administrations develop prevention and awareness resources and services, and use their employers' avowed commitment to diversity as leverage. As these actors gain visibility and legitimacy in their workplaces, they can extend the scope of their demands and actions, and denounce the inaction of their employers more and more vocally in the face of discrimination against sexual and gender minorities. Even if these networks propose moderate or reformist actions, they participate in transforming human resources policies from within."

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  • Lisa Buchter, 2023. "Militer de l’intérieur : Les stratégies des réseaux professionnels LGBT," Post-Print hal-04325686, HAL.
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