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Her direct supervisor was based in Kenya. […] Among other things, her supervisor asked her inappropriate questions about her sexual identity and inquired about her medical history. In emails to HR, Mae characterized other behavior by the supervisor as “transphobic microaggressions” and “ableism”.

This sounds like it’s a clash of cultures in part. I guess in Kenya you can rarely meet openly gay or trans folks as it’s punishable with prison there.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Kenya

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tabular@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
A “clash of cultures” would not be inaccurate as “culture” includes everything a group says/does. It’s an insufficient term as it often conveys mundane differences but “stigma, discrimination, and violence” is a substantially more moral difference (if Wikipedia is accurate about gender identity and expression in Kenya).

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- infeeeee@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  What I tried to say, it might be just some curiosity at the beginning, from someone who heard anti-gay propaganda his whole life, not necessarily malice. Wikipedia should have handled the situation better.
  
  After repeatedly being denied transfer to another team, Mae was asked to meet with managers so that Wikimedia could “learn more about your recent experiences.”
  
  E.g. it’s not clear why they didn’t let her transfer to another group. After this it should have become clear that they can’t work together, why it was better to fire her than to move her to a different group.
  
  Mae was warned that one of her managers was “a ‘fixer’ who goes after employees that were seen as stirring the pot.”
  
  So others noticed the she may be a problem as she seemed like stirring the pot.
  
  The article is one sided, it would help if wikipedia would clarify what was going on, what they saw. Maybe we can learn more about this from the lawsuit, if it will be public.
  
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