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Bias in the Workplace: Consistent Evidence of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination
Publication Date: June 2007
Author(s): M.V. Lee Badgett; Holning Lau; Brad Sears; Deborah Ho
Topic: Labor (Labor conditions, wages, salaries, and benefits)
Social conditions (Discrimination and affirmative action)
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This report reviews more than 50 studies over the last decade and demonstrates a disturbing and consistent pattern: sexual orientation-based and gender identity discrimination is a common occurrence in many workplaces across the country. Surveys of GLBT individuals, studies of the sexual orientation earnings gap, and controlled experiments all provide evidence of discriminatory treatment.