Gays find more acceptance in workplace

Gays find more acceptance in workplace


Study co-author Sylvia Ann Hewlett, the founding president and chief executive officer of the think tank, said the findings show that companies employing LGBT workers can benefit as much from an accepting office environment as the employees do.

Making use of talent"After our 2011 work, we felt there was still much to explore with respect to how employers can make full use of their LGBT talent: specifically, the opportunity companies have to drive business and the bottom line by leveraging the leadership potential and connections of their LGBT employees and allies," Hewlett told Passport , a gay travel magazine.

Fifty-eight percent of Fortune 500 companies now offer domestic-partner benefits, and companies such as Google now cover the cost of additional taxes that gay and lesbian employees incur when their partners receive domestic partner health benefits.

The double jeopardy of gender and antigay discrimination entails further risk for female employees, according to the study, which reported that 74 percent of lesbians say they encounter bias based on sexual orientation, compared with 51 percent of gay men.

lesbian film lesbian television lesbian books