Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Disciplines
Labor and Employment Law | Law | Sexuality and the Law
Abstract
By most counts, bisexuals make up the largest sexual minority group in the United States, and they have been litigating and advocating for their right to be free of discrimination since the early days of the gay rights movement. Yet they remain largely invisible in the case law and in the popular understanding of discrimination. Why is this? While more than one academic in the field suggested—in informal discussion about this project—that lack of discrimination was the reason for bisexuals’ invisibility in the case law, this supposition is inconsistent with the emerging social science data on the experiences of bisexuals. It also conflicts with the results of our study, which is the first published quantitative study to focus comprehensively on bisexuals’ experiences with employment discrimination. Our study demonstrates that bisexuals face considerable discrimination in the workplace.
Publication Title
William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law
Recommended Citation
Ann E. Tweedy & Karen Yescavage, Employment Discrimination Against Bisexuals: An Empirical Study , 21 Wm. & Mary J. Women & L. 699 (2015)
