Striving For Authenticity. Two out of three lesbian, gay, and bisexual respondents said they had to work harder in order to succeed at work due to some aspect of their identity.
Across racial groups, lesbian, gay, and bisexual people said it was their sexual orientation that they believed was the primary motivation for the discrimination they had experienced first-hand at work.Of those surveyed, 74 percent of Black lesbian, gay, and bisexual women felt their identity group found less success than the general population.White respondents who identified as lesbian, gay, and bisexual reported that they had experienced discrimination at work, but only four percent said it was severe.