LGBT employment discrimination costs South Africa more than $300 million per year

New study estimates the economic impact of stigma and discrimination against LGBT people in South Africa Wage discrimination and underemployment related to sexual orientation and gender expression costs South Africa US$ 316.8 million each year, according to new research conducted by South African and other collaborators in partnership with the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. Researchers also found that health disparities disproportionately experienced by LGBT adults cost the country between US$ 3.2 billion and US$ 19.5 billion, and sexual assault disproportionately experienced by LGBT adults costs South Africa as much as US$ 64.8 million every year. The study conducted original empirical analyses of large representative datasets...