Seven in 10 LGBT+ people sexually harassed at work in ‘hidden epidemic’, report warns
The IndependentSign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The survey of 1,001 people across England, Scotland and Wales, published on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, reveals a “hidden epidemic,” Frances O’Grady, TUC General Secretary, said. More than one in five LGBT people said they had been asked unwelcome questions about their sex life, such as how they had sex, or what their sexual “role” was. “What we’re finding is that when people come out with their sexuality at work, people think it’s OK to ask very personal questions about their sex life,” Elly Gibson, a press officer at TUC, said. “It’s a really horrible situation.” A gay man said: “One member of staff asked if I ‘take it up the arse’, and when I said I was unhappy about being asked told I was ‘a flouncy old queen.’” A lesbian reported overhearing female colleagues saying; “I wonder if she pervs on us”.
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