Sexuality in America
In a 2012 Gallup report based on the largest sample of respondents so far, 3.4% of American adults self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). People of colour, youth (aged 18-29) and lower-educated respondents are more likely to identify as LGBT. (Gates, 2012)
In a 2012 Gallup report based on the largest sample of respondents so far, 3.4% of American adults self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). People of colour, youth (aged 18-29) and lower-educated respondents are more likely to identify as LGBT. (Gates, 2012)
Employment
As of 2008, in the five years prior to data collection, almost 3 in 10 LGB respondents reported having experienced at least one form of sexuality-based discrimination in the workplace. 27% of them have experienced harassment, while 7% have lost their jobs, both numbers higher among respondents who were out and open about their sexual orientation in their workplaces. Of those who are out, more than half report experiences of one or more forms of sexuality-based discrimination at some points in their lives, five times as much as those who are not.
Studies consistently show that gay men earn less than straight men where work productivity is the same, with a wage gap of 10-32% that of straight men’s, a disparity attributed to sexuality-based differential treatment. (Sears and Mallory, 2011)
As of 2008, in the five years prior to data collection, almost 3 in 10 LGB respondents reported having experienced at least one form of sexuality-based discrimination in the workplace. 27% of them have experienced harassment, while 7% have lost their jobs, both numbers higher among respondents who were out and open about their sexual orientation in their workplaces. Of those who are out, more than half report experiences of one or more forms of sexuality-based discrimination at some points in their lives, five times as much as those who are not.
Studies consistently show that gay men earn less than straight men where work productivity is the same, with a wage gap of 10-32% that of straight men’s, a disparity attributed to sexuality-based differential treatment. (Sears and Mallory, 2011)