Corky's Painters Releases "Trade Places" Campaign

"For myself and many members of the team, working in a male dominated trade has been a real struggle. Having previously worked for companies with mostly male employees, we have frequently been undermined in the workplace, based on our gender. Not only have we been undermined or belittled, but some of us have even experienced sexual harassment at work.
Currently, everyone at Corky’s Painters identifies as part of the LGBTQIA+ community and has previously experienced further struggles as a result of being openly queer at work. We decided to set up our own women-run team after sharing our stories and realising how important it is to create spaces in which women can feel comfortable working in trades. All of us on the team truly love being decorators and would never have wanted to leave the trade because of the hardships we’ve faced. That’s why I’m so grateful to now have the opportunity to raise awareness of the stigma and bias that is still very prevalent in the industry. One member of Corky’s Painters is actually already a decorator by day, drag king by night, so this project was a special way to get more tradeswomen like us taken seriously.”