Yes, LGBTQIA+ employees are protected from workplace sexual
harassment, just like all other employees. The Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, EEOC, has said that workplace harassment because of an employee's gender
identity or expression is sexual harassment.
Harassment that happens because someone doesn’t fit traditional gender stereotypes
of masculinity or femininity is a type of sexual harassment. Workplace harassment
against LGBT people is always rooted in other people's belief that they are not
acting how a woman or man "should" act, therefore making it sexual harassment.
It is unlawful to harass a person because of that person's sex, including the
person's sexual orientation, gender identity, or pregnancy. Learn More