1: Developing your foundation for success. Lavender success begins with you ; It pays to be out of the closet ; Finding workplace freedom ; Increasing your professional value ; Getting on the right road. -- 2: Creating your lavender success. Overcoming barriers that limit your success ; Empowering yourself to achieve ; Overcoming homophobia in the workplace ; Finding your perfect employer ; Out of the closet and into a successful career ; Enjoying your road to success. -- 3: Achieving your dreams as yourself. Overcoming lavender discrimination ; Creating your own equality ; Contributing to organizational change ; Success on your own terms.

Based on a two-year study of more than 300 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender alumni from the University of Southern California, this book is the first career guide written specifically for the gay community. Career planning expert Snyder presents a wide variety of issues facing gay professionals, such as what it means to be gay in the workplace, why you will make more money when you are out of the closet at work, how defining your personal identity as a member of the gay community will help you achieve success, and how to find an employer that's your perfect match.--From publisher description.