A new report, published by IBM, found almost half of lesbian, gay and bisexual people in the US have faced direct workplace discrimination or found that their employer discriminates against queer people.
The study, conducted by Out and Equal Workplace Advocates and the IBM Institute for Business Value, interviewed over 6,000 business professionals in America, 700 of whom identified as LGB.
4% reported being discriminated against to a “very great extent”. This figure was even higher for LGB people of colour, with 9% of Black, 20% of Latinx, 24% of Native American, and 17% of pan-Asian respondents saying they had experienced extreme discrimination.