People from the LGBT community can finally show their true identity and be comfortable with themselves in public. Most nations already legalized same-sex marriage and is already openly celebrating Pride Day. However, LGBT discrimination is still prevalent in the society, especially in employment because they still have limited access to services. They are being turned away in stores, outcasted in offices, rejected during hiring processes, and denied healthcare. Hence, there is still a lot to be done to protect LGBT people and their rights.
The absence or the lack of mechanisms to protect the LGBT community make them vulnerable to predators who are ready to cause harm on them at anytime and anywhere. It has a negative impact to the LGBT community in terms of their physical and mental health, wages, and job production and performance. In every workplace, there are cases when they are being harassed and discriminated by colleagues that would sometimes lead to poor performance due to low self-esteem and worse would make them leave or resign from work. According to the 2018 study, researchers conducted 112 interviews from different individuals in the United States of America and 30 individuals are victims of constant discrimination in their work, while 82 individuals are advocates and providers who works with the LGBT people. This data proves that people from the LGBT community can not work freely with racist predators in their office. It also affects their performance because of constant mock and rejection of their ideas. Once they resign from a company, they are likely to have doubts and/or scared to apply in a new company and work with other straight people again. Thus, they start to question their worth and capabilities. With regards to providing health care and other services, they become least priority or worse, being denied help that they need. Members of the LGBT community are also human beings and they also get sick or needs medical attention just like the rest of us. Being denied the excellent services we get is a heartless form of discrimination to LGBT community. Thus, some people in the LGBT community would sometimes refuse to go to the hospital for treatment because it is expected that they will be turned down.
It is disappointing and frustrating to see people looking down on the LGBT communities. It is unfair to see that they are being denied good service. Members of the LGBT community are also human beings and they also deserve fair treatment and respect. Respect them as also human beings with feelings. We have to respect their feelings, their physical appearance. We have to respect the diverse and multi-cultural society. Hopefully, lawmakers would finally revise and/or create a law that would also protect the rights of the members of the LGBT community from vicious-racist predators. And to also give them fair treatment with regards to the services normal or straight people get.
References:
Catalyst. (2019, June 17). Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Workplace Issues: Quick Take. Retrieved from https://www.catalyst.org/research/lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-workplace-issues/
Sears, B., & Mallory, C. (2014, October 01). Employment Discrimination against LGBT People: Existence and Impact. In Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Workplace: A Practical Guide. UCLA: The Williams Institute. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9qs0n354
Thoreson, R. (2017). “All We Want is Equality”: Religious Exemptions and Discrimination against LGBT People in the United States. Retrieved from Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/report/2018/02/19/all-we-want-equality/religious-exemptions-and-discrimination-against-lgbt-people
Thoreson, R. (2018). “You Don’t Want Second Best”: Anti-LGBT Discrimination in US Health Care. Retrieved from Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/report/2018/07/23/you-dont-want-second-best/anti-lgbt-discrimination-us-health-care#page