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Just getting on with the job?

Original title: Gewoon aan de slag?

Increasing the safety of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders is a core focus in the Dutch government's policy on gay and lesbian emancipation. The government believes that members of these groups should feel able to be open about their sexual preferences or gender identity if they so wish. They must be protected from discrimination or the expression of negative attitudes. To what extent is this actually the case? How safe do lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders feel, particularly at the workplace? To what extent are they confronted with negative reactions because of their sexual preference or gender identity? What consequences do these negative reactions have for their functioning and well-being? At the request of the Dutch government, the Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP provides answers to these questions in this report.

Saskia Keuzenkamp is head of the Emancipation, Youth and Family research group at SCP , and is also professor of an endowed chair in Emancipation at VU University Amsterdam.