LGBTQ+ women experience the most microaggressions and sexual harassment in the workplace

Visual form

Heatmap: workplace-experience matrix by gender and sexual-orientation group.

Layout / body structure

Rows list workplace experiences such as microaggressions, sexual harassment, sexist comments, obscene comments, and pressure to join sexual discussions. Columns compare straight men, LGBTQ+ men, straight women, lesbian women, LGBTQ+ women overall, and bisexual women.

What is being compared

It compares the share of respondents in each gender and sexual-orientation group who experienced each workplace behavior. The matrix makes it possible to scan both down a group and across a specific experience.

Measurement system

Each cell reports percent of respondents who experienced the listed behavior at work. The heatmap uses the square markers and their visual emphasis to make higher percentages stand out.

Visible structure inside the graphic

The highest values cluster in the LGBTQ+ women and bisexual women columns. The straight-men column is consistently lower, especially for harassment and explicit-comment rows.

Main takeaway from the visual

The heatmap shows that workplace harms were not evenly distributed. LGBTQ+ women, and especially bisexual women, reported the highest levels of inappropriate comments, microaggressions, and sexual harassment.

Key standout values or extremes

Bisexual women report 86 percent experiencing microaggressions and 62 percent experiencing some form of sexual harassment. LGBTQ+ women overall report 82 percent microaggressions and 58 percent harassment.

Controls / sequence, when applicable

This is a static heatmap; there are no in-chart controls to operate.

Companion media, when applicable

There is no separate companion audio or video; the heatmap is the full visual on this page.