Non-gay people (many of us, anyway) want to support gay marriage, and besides showing support in serious ways like voting, we can accept it in our slang. I may not want to marry a fellow dude, but I do want other dudes to be able to marry. It’s on my mind enough that, like others, I might say I want to gay-marry the Three Floyd’s Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout. Or the fifth season of The Shield. I’d gay-marry them both at once, if I could. Such linguistic innovation is small, but it might show our collective heart is in the right place.
Make sure your Interview Bucket List (a list of dream companies or people you’d like to connect with) is updated and doesn’t exceed 5-10. Then, share the list and ask your new connection if they might be willing to give you some direction on how to reach out to these companies. If they want to help – they will, but it isn’t polite to ask directly, unless of course, they offered!