Careers: Come Out. Move Up?

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Is there a "pink ceiling" that holds gays back? Yes, say workplace experts, but it's fading. "I don't think all of corporate America has jumped into 2006 yet," says p.r. expert Witeck. For the gay executives themselves, the challenge continues. "Coming out in business is something we do every day. It's not a one-time event," says Claudia Woody, the managing director of IBM's Nokia account worldwide. Author Snyder is ever optimistic, though. "Within the next five years," he says, "we will see the first openly gay CEO of a FORTUNE 500 company." By which time it should shock absolutely no one.

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