Letter to Editor: Addressing LGBTQI Workplace Discrimination

This assignment is a letter to the editor penned by a student, addressing the persistent issue of workplace discrimination faced by the LGBTQI community in Australia. The letter highlights that despite legal protections, this community still encounters differential treatment. It emphasizes the importance of acknowledging and respecting gender diversity, including categories beyond the conventional binary. The author references UN resolutions and other articles to underscore the global nature of this problem and suggests that education, particularly the inclusion of sexuality education in school curricula, is a crucial step towards fostering understanding and acceptance. The letter calls for governmental and managerial intervention to ensure a safe and equitable environment for the LGBTQI community, advocating for their rights and equal treatment in the workplace and society at large. The bibliography includes sources that support the arguments and research presented in the letter.

Running head: LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the editor
Name of the student:
Name of the university:
Author note

1LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor,
Human sexual orientation is recognized as a natural and individual choice, the differences
are not exceptional. In a multicultural country as Australia, each citizen share common rights
regarding race, gender, color, creed and religion. However, it is to bring to your notice that the
LGBTQI (Lesbian, Gay. Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Questioning) community is
experiencing workplace discrimination from a long time in Australia. Even though the
government has initiated laws and regulations for protecting equal rights of each individual, the
LGBTIQ community is still not able to get rid of the difference in behavior.
Through your magazine, I want to display the issues faced by the specific community and
the way they are being treated. There are different categories of gender other than the
conventional ones such as queer, intersex, asexual. The difference in their gender does not give
them the right to be mistreated. They also have the right to be treated with respect and justice.
However, the common people tend to ignore this right and the LGBTQI people are still facing
the misbehavior. This specific article has examined the rights of the LGBTQI people in the
Australian work environment in accordance with the stereotypical behavior faced by them and
the ways by which it can be prevented using a legal framework.
The people in the diverse sexual orientation consist of 11% of the total Australian
population. According to the UN Resolution, the people of different sexual origin are provided
security. It was provisioned in 2016 by UN High Commissioner for Refugees that no individual
has the right to discriminate others based on their difference in identity. The misbehavior faced
by the specific community needs immediate attention in every corner of the world. Therefore, I
have taken this attempt to find out a resolution strategy for ending this inhumane behavior.

2LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The misbehavior is not only faced by the LGBTQI community in Australia but
throughout the world. It was found out in another article that India has faced challenges in the
health sector with the LGBTQI community. The debate was raised in the modern Indian society
about the constant discrimination faced by the particular community. The LGBTQI people are
neglected by the other members of the society. However, the rapid technological and scientific
advancements have developed through years and strict laws have been introduced to end this
misbehavior.
It can be suggested that educations forms the basis in such sensitive case. Sexuality
education should be introduced in the basic curriculum so that the students can become used to it
as a common matter. It will help the sexually different people come to the mainstream of life and
behave like general people. Children should get the primary education that there is no offence in
being sexually different. There is no harm in being different from the others. The government
and management should intervene in this matter in providing a safe planet to the LGBTQI
community.
Thank you
Lily James
C/15, Long Run Avenue,
Melbourne, 580498
Email- [e-mail]
Phone- 793805798

3LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Bibliography
Pearce, J., V. Gardiner, W. Cumming-Potvin, and W. Martino. "Supporting gender and sexual
diversity in high schools: Building conversations for LGBTQI human rights in the English
classroom." (2016).
Rees, Susan, Jane Fisher, Batool Moussa, and Philomena Horsley. "Intimate partner violence and
LGBTIQ people: raising awareness in general practice." (2016).
Riggs, D., N. Taylor, Helen Fraser, Catherine Donovan, and T. Signal. "The link between
domestic violence and abuse and animal cruelty in the intimate relationships of people of diverse
genders and/or sexualities: A bi-national study." Journal of Interpersonal Violence (2018).
Szalacha, Laura A., Tonda L. Hughes, Ruth McNair, and Deborah Loxton. "Mental health,
sexual identity, and interpersonal violence: Findings from the Australian longitudinal Women’s
health study." BMC women's health 17, no. 1 (2017): 94.