Healthcare is a universal part of employee benefit offerings. But the experience can be anything but for your queer employees.
In 2010, 73% of transgender respondents and nearly 29% of bisexual, gay and lesbian respondents believed their identity would cause them to be treated differently in healthcare, according to a survey by Lambda Legal. Nearly a decade later, more than one in six LGBTQ adults still avoided seeking care due to anticipated discrimination, while 16% reported discrimination in healthcare encounters, according to the National Library of Medicine.
