Prepare to be shocked: Study finds significant anti-gay workplace discrimination in Utah

[ZombieHorde]

by GoPride.com News Staff

Salt Lake City, Utah — A report from UCLA's Williams Institute set to be distributed to Utah's 104 legislators Wednesday morning found significant anti-gay bias and discrimination in the state, which is home to the Mormon Church.

The study, which is based on an Equality Utah survey of about 1,000 LGBT Utahns, found forty-four percent of lesbian, gay and bisexual Utahns and sixty-six percent of transgender people report that they had been fired, denied a job, or not promoted because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Authors of the study estimate that for every 10,000 LGBT employees, 5 complaints of sexual orientation discrimination would be filed each year.

Same-sex workers in Utah also made less than heterosexual counterparts, with gay men making 20 percent less, according to the study.

More at the link - http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/15978196/study-finds-significant-antigay-workplace-discrimination-in-utah-

Who could have guessed this?

[WillParkinson]

1. Gasp. No way!

You're making it up. You just gotta be.

[dkf]

2. I admit I'm kind of surprised.

I thought gay men did pretty well in standard of living. Weren't there some studies to that effect?

[Bluenorthwest]

4. This is about Utah. This is a study right in front of you. See it?

Apparently you give more weight to something you thought you saw, studies you imply exist...we all have Google in our modern world, so if you think you know some study, why not find it and quote it?
And of course note that the study in the OP is about GLBT people. Gay men are just one segment. This study you think you remember, you remember it as being about only men? If it was it was not a complete look at the community at all. Think about it.

[FreeState]

5. Actually gay men are not rich or doing better than the status quo

Gay men earn less than their married counterparts. http://www.allbusiness.com/human-resources/benefits-employee-assistance-plans-eap/651030-1.html

[sakabatou]

3. I'm shocked!

Shocked! Shocked that there's gambling in this place!

"Your winnings, sir."

Why thank you.

[RetiredTrotskyite]

6. Not Too Surprised....

After all this IS Utah we're talking about. It's one big reason my spouse and I will not move there. Tired of Mormons trying to run everything, even in Arizona.

[ccharles000]

7. no the fuck way

:o