Focus Taiwan
Date: 05/05/2020
By Chen Chun-hua and Chiang Yi-ching

Taipei, May 5 (CNA) LGBTQ people in Taiwan have been reporting improved interpersonal relationships with their colleagues and managers at work, saying that their privacy is being more respected, according to the results of a survey released Tuesday.

A total of 37.9 percent of 2,121 people surveyed earlier this year said they have often been encouraged to date someone of the opposite sex or asked about their romantic relationships in the workplace, a decrease from 56.3 percent in 2016, when the survey was last conducted.

The percentage of respondents who said they have had to pretend to be straight at work has also dropped, as has the percentage of those who have received suggestions that they should change their gender expression, the survey results showed.

This indicates that LGBTQ people currently have more positive interpersonal relationships at work than they had four years ago, said the Marriage Equality Coalition Taiwan and the Taiwan Tongzhi (LGBTQ+) Hotline Association, who jointly conducted the survey.    [FULL  STORY]