LGBT Community Paper

The modern world is striving to perceive the LGBT community as the second norm.

The movement in support of people with a homosexual orientation and with a gender identity disorder is growing everywhere; liberal countries legalize a new type of union – same-sex marriage; legislation is amended to prohibit discrimination based on orientation and gender identity.

Many large international companies also have an internal code of tolerance; however, despite the prohibitions, discrimination against LGBT people in the workplace persists. It can be expressed both in a formal form (salary reduction, denial of insurance or benefits, etc.), and in interpersonal communications (humiliating jokes and comments, insults).

One form of discrimination is when LGBT workers simply cannot find work. Employers are too biased towards such a society, which is why these people face a struggle all their future lives. In order to live, they need to work, but because of such an attitude, this is a vicious circle where LGBT people are not able to change anything.

A study was conducted when applying for a resume. This study captured four large cities located in different areas: Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Dallas.

The study itself was conducted online and the results were unexpected. It was not revealed that when hiring people from the LGBT community, they are discriminated against by the employer (Bailey, Wallace & Wright, 2013).

Moore was a lesbian and worked in the police and due to the fact that the new boss disliked people like Moore, she was left without work (Lopez, 2014). It is widely recognized that coercion includes insult, harassment or excluding someone.

Harassment is usually defined as constant interference or coercion that violates the integrity of people or creates an atmosphere that is hostile, degrading, degrading or insulting. LGBT people may be harassed and persecuted because of their sexual orientation or alleged sexual orientation specifically designed to humiliate them.

Such bullying and harassment can be very personal, and it is often difficult for workers to report a problem. In the workplace of LGBT people work in uncomfortable conditions. Anyone should feel safe in their office, but unfortunately not everyone experiences it. Surveys were conducted and the most common mockeries were: false accusations of mistakes that were not made (61%), the opinion were not taken into account or were rejected (50%), and gossip (47%) (Scheff, 2017). Statistics show that “… more than a third of LGBT workers in Wales hide their sexuality over fears of discrimination”.

Also the transsexual said he was forced to quit his job due to “particularly cruel” treatment he encountered at work during the transition (Hume, 2018). Discrimination based on sexual orientation arises in the workplace where the employee is exposed to negative actions in the field of employment, harassment or refusal to receive certain benefits because of his sexual orientation or sexual orientation of a person close to him. The ruling of the 7th U.S. District Court of Appeals in Chicago increases the risk for employers who do not provide forest workers, gay and bisexual (LGB) workers and their spouses or home partners equal to those who are not LGB employees and spouses and partners of the opposite sex (Miller, 2017).

One example can be seen in the Lopez story. One of the workers was a lesbian, and upon the arrival of a new boss (homophobic), she lost her job. Her boss said during a secretly recorded phone call that he would rather have a drunkard look out for his kids than an openly gay male. This breaches not only the workers ‘ rights, but also the person himself, we choose who we want to be and no one has the right to condemn this (Lopez, 2014)

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How Workplace Bullying is Impacting LGBT Employees. Retrieved July 04, 2020, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shame-nation/201710/how-workplace-bullying-is-impacting-lgbt-employees Hume, C. (2018, June 20).

LGBT workers in Wales quit ‘due to discrimination’. Retrieved July 04, 2020, from https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-44536187 Stern, M. (2018, March 07).

Businesses Can’t Fire Trans Employees for Religious Reasons, Federal Appeals Court Rules in Landmark Decision. Retrieved July 04, 2020, from https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/sixth-circuit-rules-businesses-cant-fire-transgender-employees-for-religious-reasons.html Miller, S. (2017).

Appellate ruling sharpens scrutiny of LGBT employees’ benefits: Surveys show unequal treatment of benefits for same-sex spouses. HRNews, Retrieved from http://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1885471414?accountid=14780

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The Firing of a Popular Police Chief Shows What Can Happen When a New Boss Is Homophobic. Retrieved July 04, 2020, from https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/04/south-carolina-police-chief-fired-for-being-lesbian-why-enda-matters.html Webster, J., Adams, G., Maranto, C., Sawyer, K., & Thoroughgood, C. (2017, November 10).

Workplace contextual supports for LGBT employees: A review, meta‐analysis, and agenda for future research. Retrieved July 03, 2020, from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hrm.21873