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Gender and sexual orientation
The Williams Institute, a national think tank at UCLA School of Law, released a 2011 report that has identified sexual orientation and gender identification discrimination in the workplace. According to the report, between 15-43% of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender workers have experienced being fired, denied promotions, or harassed due to their sexual orientation or gender identification. Additionally, 27 states do not have statewide laws for protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing, and public accommodations. While Wisconsin and New Hampshire has state law protecting people from discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, housing and public accommodations, there is no protection from gender identity discrimination. On October 4, 2017 Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the United States Department of Justice will no longer provide employment protection to transgender individuals under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, reversing the position of former Attorney General Eric Holder, during the Obama administration. However, on June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision concluded that Title VII protects gay, lesbian, and transgender individuals from sex-based discrimination in the workplace.

During COVID 19

As a result of having fewer affordable healthcare, minimal access to family leave, and a significant proportion of employment in the segments of the economy most affected by the economic crash, LGBTQ people have been adversely affected by COVID 19. In the face of this pandemic, employers' lack of paid family and sick leave policies adversely impact LGBTQ employees, who are more vulnerable to poverty and work in low- income or hourly jobs. Recently,  292,000 LGBT adults applied for unemployment benefits, a number that is substantially larger given that LGBTQ workers are highly represented in the industries most affected by COVID-19. According to the 2018 LGBTQ Paid Leave Survey, only 29% of LGBTQ respondents worked for companies that compensated medical leave, and only 45% of LGBTQ respondents worked for companies that had LGBTQ-inclusive leave entitlements.