A new study has found only half of LGBTQ+ people in the UK feel comfortable being out and proud at work.
Only half of LGBTQ+ people in the UK feel comfortable being out and proud at work, a new study has found.from Deloitte, shared exclusively with Metro.co.uk, suggest discrimination in the workplace holds them back from coming out to colleagues.
But queer Brits are more hesitant when it comes to chatting to colleagues about their private lives, whether it be by water coolers or in employee lounges, being 49% in the UK and 37% globally. Deloitte’s found that how high someone is within their company played a big factor in whether they were openly LGBTQ+.Of those in the UK polled, 60% of LGBTQ+ senior staffers are open about who they are, 9% higher than their global counterparts.LGBTQ+ workers in the closet had their reasons. A major worry for 25% of the queer Brits surveyed was coming out only to face discrimination from their colleagues.
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