"Introduction
Academic scholarship on workplace sexual harassment has revealed vast differences in workplace-sexual-harassment victimization by individuals' binary gender. However, fewer scholarly contributions have examined how victimization is patterned by other personal traits. This study provides a novel theoretical and empirical account of differences in sexual-harassment victimization and reporting by LGBTQ + status.
Methods
We generate novel evidence on these processes by drawing on unique data from the 2022 Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) Employee Survey (n = 44,939 overall; 9806 LGBTQ +) and multivariable regression models.
Results
Our analyses reveal elevated risks of workplace-sexual-harassment victimization amongst LGBTQ + individuals, all else being equal. Victimization rates are particularly high amongst pansexual, queer, bisexual and gender-non-binary employees assigned female at birth. However, we observe few differences in the reporting of sexual-harassment experiences or in satisfaction with post-reporting employer actions.
Conclusions
LGBTQ + individuals are disproportionately exposed to workplace sexual harassment, particularly those who were assigned female and birth.
Policy Implications
Our findings underscore the need for continued investment in programs aimed at mitigating workplace sexual harassment and to ensure such programs operate hand-in-hand with LGBTQ + diversity-and-inclusion initiatives."

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