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Mark van Laarhoven
(user currently living in NETHERLANDS)
posted for
gay
readers
on 23/05/2012
tagged with at the work place
+4
Watch out for Mantrav Engeland. Unfortunately Mantrav UK is scamming collegeaus abroad concerning their Club Mancha situation. I have a gaytravel agency in the Netherlands and I have booked Club Mancha for the beginning of 2012. The park did not exist at that time en my client moved to a real gaybungalowpark. As Mantrav is the biggest gaytouroperator in the UK you should expect an honest and reliable settlement. No Mantrav is scamming their collegaues in the gayscene. After many, many emails, question etc. I haven't still seen my money. The refund department doesn't even repy on email anymore. It is unbelievable that they act this way. So I wanne warn everybody world wide. Don't book with Mantrav. You cannot trust them. They put letters on their websit with reliable explanations as they say but meanwhile they do not reply on emails and give no refunds. Regards, Mark van Laarhoven. Freedom Travel. The Netherlands.
It's so big of you to report them & then actually get things fixed & now you're improving things for other people, People who may have been victimised just for being who they are. You truly are an inspiration.
Also you picked a great union! My Dad works there :)
I never came out to myself that i am a "bisexual" i am really highly attracted to lesbians.... Some of my friend knew this but my sister overreacted with who i am... i hated her a little bit, she cant understand that i am so madly in love with my lesbian friend... she called me immoral, but i dont care...
I currently work for the DWP, which is an excellent employer for gay people, male or female. However, I think this has been a fairly recent development in the workplace. My less favourable memories were of an insurance company, where during the Christmas present exchange party, gay men’s magazines and gay sex manuals would be wrapped up as gifts and given to unsuspecting male employees as a joke.
On finding out that I was gay, malicious male colleagues would indulge in immature same-sex kissing and mild simulation of gay sex acts in front of me.
During the early 1990’s I had trouble with another respected female member of staff. I had been involved in distributing personal safety alarms for women employees. The staff member proceeded to make jokes about small male private parts, asking if I would marry, and stated that I was a man, “who couldn’t make it with a woman.” On complaining, absolutely nothing was done about her spiteful conduct, whereby she was playing devious psychological rape games. I found similar rather anti-male sentiments with a small percentage of lesbian women who would make unenlightened comments about gay men, but be having affairs both with men and women.
Therefore, due to my experiences at work, I would prefer to keep my private life to myself. I am still proud of being gay, and would help anybody being bullied about their sexuality. I fully support people like Steve Davies for representing gay people within the macho arena of sport.
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