Skills warning as poll reveals hostility felt by gay engineers

摘要

Civils firms have been urged to ensure they are not driving away valuable skilled workers after an NCE poll exposed the hostility often felt by gay engineers. More than a third of the gay male and female engineers surveyed in a joint investigation with sister titles Architects'Journal and Construction News said their sexual orientation created barriers to progression in the industry. More than 60% of gay engineers had heard homophobic comments in the workplace in the last 12 months, with one in five experiencing offensive behaviour directly.