Sexual-Orientation Discrimination

No man or woman should ever feel they have to hide anything about themselves around fellow co-workers. As stated in the article, it’s not uncommon in a workplace to here two coworkers speaking about their weekend plans, which may or may not include their spouse. Current federal law does not provide protection against discrimination for a person’s sexual orientation, but these people are American citizens like everyone else and they deserve the same protection as their neighbor. In an article put out by the Department of Energy, many interesting points are brought up that most people don’t even consider. The results were based on whether companies had actual written policies on sexual orientation, offered health insurance to their employees’ same-sex partners and whether they decline to engage in activities that would undermine the goal of equal rights (Human Rights Campaign, 2). The most interesting part of this poll is the final criteria for the companies sore: whether or not they were willing to change their policies if they did not score well. It was amazing to find out that 92 % of the companies rated either did include these criteria in their companies’ policies or were willing to change according to today’s standards. ual and transgender employees, consumers, and investors (Human Rights Campaign, 1). The act will prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, providing basic protection to ensure fairness in the workplace for Americans who are currently denied equal protection under the law (Human Rights Campaign, 1). This kind of situation can cause internal anxiety for a person and yet it’s so simple to stop if only we could convince companies to openly educate workers on situations like these.