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45 Loy. L. A. L. Rev. 715 (2011-2012)
Evidence of Persistent and Pervasive Workplace Discrimination against LGBT People: The Need for Federal Legislation Prohibiting Discrimination and Providing for Equal Employment Benefits

handle is hein.journals/lla45 and id is 737 raw text is: EVIDENCE OF PERSISTENT AND PERVASIVE WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGBT PEOPLE: THE NEED FOR FEDERAL LEGISLATION PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION AND PROVIDING FOR EQUAL EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS Jennifer C. Pizer, Brad Sears, Christy Mallory & Nan D. Hunter* Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people have experienced a long and pervasive history of employment discrimination. Today, more than eight million people in the American workforce identify as LGBT, but there still is no federal law that explicitly prohibits sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination against them. This Article begins by surveying the social science research and other evidence illustrating the nature and scope of the discrimination against LGBT workers and the harmful effects of this discrimination on both employees and employers. It then analyzes the existing legal protections against this discrimination, which include constitutional protections for public sector workers, court interpretations of Title VII's * Jennifer C. Pizer is Legal Director and Arnold D. Kassoy Senior Scholar of Law, the Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law. Brad Sears is Assistant Dean, UCLA School of Law and Executive Director and Roberta A. Conroy Scholar of Law and Policy, the Williams Institute. Christy Mallory is Legal Research Fellow, the Williams Institute. Nan D. Hunter is Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center and Legal Scholarship Director, the Williams Institute. Earlier versions of some material presented in this Article have been presented as testimony before Congress or made available through the Williams Institute website. BRAD SEARS ET AL., THE WILLIAMS INST., DOCUMENTING DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY IN STATE EMPLOYMENT 1-1 (2009), available at http://williamsinstitute .1aw.ucla.edu/research/workplace/documenting-discrimination-on-the-basis-of-sexual-orientation- and-gender-identity-in-state-employment/; BRAD SEARS & CHRISTY MALLORY, THE WILLIAMS INST., DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION & ITS EFFECTS ON LGBT PEOPLE 2 (2011), available at http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/research/workplace/ documented-evidence-of-employment-discrimination-its-effects-on-lgbt-people. 715

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