I don't know about that. If a person doesn't want to say so, it's almost impossible to determine if a person is LGB or T. Especially people you are extremely close to. We tend to be blind about that sort of thing.

We're 3 co-founders and 3 employees, and we know each other really well - that's the only reason why I know we don't have any LGBT employees yet.

I expect that users perceived and reacted to antagonism in “Take a seat, cis.” It's a convention on this site to avoid such personal jabs and instead stick to the topic at hand.

I am someone who flagged your post.

I promise, it had nothing to do with your content, and it had nothing to do with this space not being friendly to those who are LGBT - I am one of those four letters, myself.

It had to do with the dismissal and disrespect you showed someone whose tone and message showed nothing but wishing to reach out, connect, learn and accept.

In addition to what others have said: your comment broke the site guidelines that ask you to "Assume good faith" and "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Because it's a social stigma.

Not asking ≠ Being inclusive.

Going by reputation is really the thing to do for companies who don't want to buy a stall at the parade.