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ECU LGBTQ Health Promotion Team 2016 North Carolina Pride Festival Survey

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2019-04-08

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"BACKGROUND/PURPOSE This survey gathers data to inform our understanding of workplace discrimination, substance abuse, and health, in relation to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender identity. DESCRIPTION OF PARTICIPANTS Adults attending NC Pride 2016 (a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community festival open to the public on Duke University's campus on September 24, 2016) in Durham, NC. RESEARCH METHODS We used iPads to conduct an anonymous survey using convenience sampling with participants at the NC Pride Parade and Festival. The survey took place at the festival portion, which has a sound stage, food vendors, and booths from corporations, businesses, and community organizations. The surveyors requested participation from adults who were walking by the survey team tent, which was rented from NC Pride. Surveyors stayed by the tent and were always in the presence of a faculty member and other surveyors while conducting surveys at the tent. Training with the survey team was conducted about protocols, informed consent, and how to handle refusals the week prior to survey implementation."

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Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, sexual minority, gay, lesbian

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https://doi.org/10.15139/S3/O9FFDU

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Measuring Workplace Discrimination among Sexual and Gender Minority Workers
(2019-11-01) Lee, Joseph G. L.; Chaney, Beth H.; Cabacungan, Ashley N.
As inequities in health for sexual and gender minority (SGM; eg, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender [LGBT]) populations become increasingly well documented, it is important to investigate causes of inequities to inform intervention work. One area of importance is in employment discrimination, as there are limited or no protections against sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination in approximately half of US states. We sought to assess the internal consistency and validity of a brief, adapted scale to measure SGM workplace discrimination. Methods: We modified an existing workplace age discrimination scale to assess SGM workplace discrimination. We assessed internal consistency, criterion validity, construct validity, and conducted a confirmatory factor analysis. Data came from a convenience sample of employed, SGM-identified adults (N = 124) attending a pride festival in Durham, NC, in September 2016. Results: The 5-item scale was significantly associated with poorer health, greater internalized homonegativity, reporting workplace bullying, SGM isolation, gender expression discrimination, and having filed a formal complaint of workplace discrimination. The scale had a single factor solution. Conclusions: This 5-item scale may be useful in efficiently documenting and addressing SGM workplace discrimination; it assesses material forms of discrimination (eg, pay and job tasks assigned) against SGM employees.
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