LGBT Workplace Discrimination and Support for Federal Protections

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2011.  Today, a new poll, commissioned by the Center for American Progress, shows that the American public strongly supports workplace nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people, at a time when new research shows just how much discrimination and harassment this population faces on the job. The Center for American Progress has also released an interactive quiz and the column “Gay and Transgender People Face High Rates of Workplace Discrimination and Harassment: Data Demonstrate Need for Federal Law,” analyzing the extent to which LGBT employees are subject to discrimination, relating stories behind the numbers, and outlining the economic consequences.