Negative reaction from family, friends, colleagues and society in general.Fear of bullying (25% to 75% of LGBT employees encounter discrimination in the workplace), lack of trust, damaging promotional opportunities, difficulty in proving discrimination, fear of job loss.There are several reasons why LGBT+ people remain in the closet: “Coming out” takes courage – it is an ongoing process that LGBT+ people have to face every time they meet someone new.
According to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 46% of LGBT+ individuals are closeted at work and 28% are totally closeted and not open to anyone in their lives. Despite legal gains, most lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people choose not to disclose their sexual orientation. Realizing one’s sexual orientation or gender identity and then sharing this information is a gradual process. Situation of the LGBT+ community in the workplace According to a survey on global attitudes toward transgender people conducted in 16 countries, still 30% of people surveyed worry about exposing children to transgender people and only 40% would use the correct pronouns when addressing them.Yet, over 50% have been harassed at school or work and/or suffered physical or sexual violence, nearly 30% have experienced homelessness at some point in their lives and trans are three times more likely to live in poverty and to be unemployed. A majority (60%) of trans people reported that their family was supportive of their transgender identity. The US National Transgender Discrimination Survey revealed that 40% of transgender people have attempted suicide in their lifetime (nearly nine times the average rate for the US population).Non-binary gender is not legally recognized in most countries and transgender people are not granted the same legal rights (or require a mental health diagnosis or surgery).
It was only in June 2018 that the World Health Organization proposed to remove “gender incongruence” from the list of mental illnesses.Although between 0.05% and 1.7% of the world population is born with intersex traits – that is, being intersex is about as common as having red hair – transgender people are often stigmatized and subject to multiple human rights violations: While revealing one’s sexual orientation is a choice for LGB members, transgendered people often don’t have that liberty: their transition is visible. But, for such a personal connection to happen, LGBT+ people need to “come out.” It has been estimated that two-thirds of the recent historical change in attitudes toward same-sex marriage in the US is due to people who are personally affected by it one way or another. However, in the Central and Eastern Europe countries surveyed – none of which allow same-sex marriage – most people are against it. Take the example of same-sex marriage: In a survey on European views of minorities, the majority of people are in favor of gay and lesbian marriage in Western European countries, 2 almost all of which have now legalized the practice. In countries where laws are relatively accepting of the LGBT+ community – for example, Europe, the Americas and Oceania – LGBT+ people are still likely to suffer backlash in the streets and certain cultures can be slow to change. According to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA), being gay is punishable in 70 UN member states by imprisonment, torture or even death and not one grants the same rights to LGBT+ people as their heterosexual counterparts. Although significant progress has been made in the last few years, the map below shows how much still needs to be done. Situation of the LGBT+ community in the worldĪlmost 3 billion people live in countries where consensual same-sex activity is criminalized. Then, we share lessons from various guest speakers on strategies for LGBT+ individuals to thrive in the workplace and for allies and organizations to support them. In this article, we first describe the current situation of the LGBT+ community in the world and the difficulty of coming out and transitioning.
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LGBT+ executives still find it difficult to bring their full identities to work, while their allies do not always feel empowered to help. At a recent IMD Discovery Event participants gathered to to explore strategies for LGBTQ individuals to thrive in the workplace, and for the allies and the organizations to help in this process.Īs societies across many parts of the world are making legal and cultural progress to embrace the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans community (LGBT+ hereafter), 1 many companies are still lagging behind in this process.
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