LGBTQ Labor Progress and Worker Safety Is at Stake This Fall | Opinion
Hot Labor Summer") and the previous decades of monumental progress, LGBTQ people continue to face discrimination, retaliation, and violence in the workforce.
A 2021 UCLA study found that 47 percent of LGBTQ workers reported experiencing discrimination or harassment at work due to their sexual orientation or gender identity.
This study also reported that that 46 percent of LGBTQ workers were not open about being LGBTQ to their supervisor. These numbers indicate how much further our workplace protections must go to guarantee every worker feels safe being their authentic self at work.These stats are dismal and illustrate that devastating rollbacks to LGBTQ workers' rights aren't just a possibility, they're a reality we're already seeing happen.
Attacks on efforts to improve working conditions and diversify the workforce are occurring nationwide. A think tank in Washington, D.C., has outlined a playbook, called Project 2025, crafted for a future conservative administration that would eliminate all of the Department of Labor's DEI initiatives among other attacks on LGBTQ people and workers.
