Being gay in a UK workplace

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Out Now Consulting featured in article about work and the UK gay market in Personnel Today magazine. 16 January 2006.

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Tomorrow's issue of leading UK human resources magazine for HR professionals, Personnel Today, features an item about Out Now Consulting research for leading UK gay media titles Diva magazine and Gay Times, regarding the problems faced by many lesbian and gay Britons when deciding whether to come out at work.

Tonight, the magazine's website PersonnelToday.com features an item called Half of all gay and lesbian staff hide sexuality from colleagues tagged as their "Top Story" online.

The topic relates to gays and lesbians in the UK feeling unable to 'come out', as being lesbian or gay, in the workplace.


###PERSONNEL TODAY ARTICLE STARTS###

Half of all gay and lesbian staff hide sexuality from colleagues

16 January 2006 08:27. Author: Georgina Fuller

Half of all UK lesbians and gay men feel they are unable to reveal their sexuality to their colleagues, according to recent research.

And one in eight lesbians and one in 10 gay men said they had been harassed at work because of their sexual preferences, the survey by gay marketing company Out Now Consulting revealed.

"Being accepted by the government is a big step forward in terms of civil partnerships, but being able to be yourself at work is something all workers in the UK ought to be able to do," said Ian Johnson, the firm's managing director.

Government figures released last month estimated that 6% of the UK adult population, about three million people, were classified as lesbian or gay.

But the survey of 1,000 gay and lesbian employees suggests there are up to 1.5 million UK workers who do not feel able to be honest at work, Johnson said.

He called on UK employers to do more to improve workplace equality and diversity.

"This would build improved comfort levels, for all staff, working together, irrespective of sexuality. Often HR managers say "but we don't discriminate" – and that is probably true.

"But the situation on the ground shows that for UK lesbians and gay men, almost half do not currently feel they can truly be themselves at work."

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