Giving Compass' Take:

• A report by the Building Movement Project nonprofit research group found evidence of bias against employees in the nonprofit sector who are LBGTQ. 

• Can nonprofit organizations create more supportive networks to hold other employees accountable for bias practices? 

• Read about the alarming statistics around LGBTQ homeless youth due to discrimination.

More than 20% of nonprofit employees identify as LGBTQ. Perhaps that’s not surprising: Those who have traditionally been discriminated against or oppressed may have a strong impulse to ensure fair treatment and opportunities for others.

What is perhaps surprising (or, perhaps not) is that many LGBTQ workers within the nonprofit world are still reporting unfair treatment—this time by their own professional peers, according to a report from the Building Movement Project, a nonprofit research group.

In general, roughly one-fifth of U.S. workers who are gay have encountered discrimination in their workplace, notes the report. Within the nonprofit world—a place ostensibly championing equal rights for all—that trend stays true. Most LGBTQ employees aren’t working at LGBTQ advocacy groups: BMP’s data shows they’re scattered fairly evenly throughout the industry to improve things like basic human services, education, and health and mental health access.

Read the full article about bias against LGBTQ by Ben Paynter at Fast Company