Via 365 Gay: Study: High levels of discrimination for LGBT workers

A new study concludes that LGBT workers continue to frequently report discrimination and harassment in the workplace.

The Williams Institute of UCLA Law School, analyzing studies over the past 40 years, concluded that LGBT employees continue to report discrimination, especially those who are out in their workplaces.

According to the study, the 2008 General Social Survey reported that 42 percent of lesbian, gay and bisexual employees had experienced employer discrimination at some point in their careers; 27 percent had experienced it within the five years before the survey.


Rates of discrimination against transgender workers are even higher.

“The devastating results of this discrimination are confirmed by the high rates of poverty and unemployment documented by surveys of the transgender community,” said Williams Institute Executive Director Brad Sears.

In related news, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics today released a survey of employee benefits in the United States.  Only 33 percent of state and local government workers and 29 percent of private sector workers have access to health care benefits for same-sex couples.

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