Occupational safety and health of LGBTI workers

Introduction

Working conditions and occupational safety and health (OSH) of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) workers are largely underinvestigated, possibly because the situation of LGBTI people at work has become the subject of social research only relatively recently. LGBTI individuals have acquired more visibility in a number of EU countries only in recent times, also reflecting a change in social attitudes, increased engagement by LGBTI non-governmental organisations, and equality and anti-discrimination legislation, which allows for protection against discrimination. EU competence for LGBTI equality appears after 1999, when the Amsterdam…