LGBTQ+ Lawyers Experience Breakthroughs and Setbacks: Comment on Blanck, Hyseni, and Altunkol Wise's National Study of the Legal Profession

Am J Law Med. 2021 Mar;47(1):63-70. doi: 10.1017/amj.2021.2.

Abstract

The past decade has seen numerous positive developments in both legal and policy protections for those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, or queer ("LGBTQ+"). Progress in this area has been decidedly uneven, however, and significant barriers still exist which thwart the full legal and societal acceptance of LGBTQ+ individuals. Unfortunately, as the groundbreaking study by Peter Blanck, Fitore Hyseni, and Fatma Altunkol Wise shows, LGBTQ+ identifying lawyers, especially those with intersectional identities, continue to experience discrimination and bias in their workplaces.1.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lawyers*
  • Sexual Behavior
  • Sexual and Gender Minorities*
  • Workplace