LGBTIQA+ Teachers' Experiences of Workplace Discrimination and Disadvantage: Report to New South Wales Departmental Stakeholders

The impetus for the research investigations detailed in this report originated from the LGBTIQ Special Interest Group of the New South Wales Teachers Federation (NSWTF). From members’ own experiences, and that of other gender and sexuality-diverse teachers they know, members of the Special Interest Group were aware of anecdotal accounts of discrimination and disadvantage experienced by this cohort of educators. Thus, this research was borne out of a desire to investigate how widespread these experiences might be and to better understand their character and effect. Accordingly, this project sought to examine the prevalence of LGBTIQA+ bias-based workplace discrimination – that is, experiences which were viewed as directly linked to one’s known or suspected identity as LGBTIQA+ – in New South Wales government schools, as experienced by LGBTIQA+ educators across the sector. Furthermore, a key aim was to investigate which members of the school community were seen as primarily engaging in these discriminatory behaviours and to better understand the nature and impact of those incidences