Here's something to give you faith in the American public. A new survey by Out & Equal indicates the majority of American workers support their queer comrades.
The survey found that nearly eight out of ten (79%) heterosexual adults strongly or somewhat agree that how an employee does his or her job should be the standard for judging an employee, not their sexual orientation. And, seven out ten (71%) believe that also extends to gender identity.
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A strong majority (90%) of heterosexual workers say they would feel indifferent or positively upon learning that a co-worker is gay or lesbian.
These findings, which sound like a bit of an overstatement, don't exactly match up with gay folks' take on the matter: "A majority of gay adults (65%) report they faced some sort of discrimination. Nearly half (47%) of gays and lesbians say they have overheard anti-gay comments on the job."
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Well, a giant "DUH" for your last paragraph. Of course the findings don't match up – people are not completely retarded. They want to say the right things to the interviewer for opinion polls. To get a good feel for the findings, one would have to know how many people were surveyed and to see the questions.
Liking a queer's work and liking the queer themself is not the same thing. And statistics are BS, anyway.
Jaroslaw – exactly my thoughts!
Thanks Vinman!
Well these statistics aren't exactly in opposition as it only takes one or two people to discriminate and the first statistic didn't say 100%.
As positive as these statistics seem to be, I can't help but look at them pessimistically. Does this mean 2 out of every 10 people polled were actually comfortable saying that the sexual orientation of an employee matters more than his or her work product?
Working in a liberal city in a gay-dominated field has really clouded my understanding of the country, I think.