Lawyer Monthly - Women In Law Special Edition

WOMEN IN LAW EDITION LAWYER MONTHLY 63 Xxxx Discrimination expands further than race, age and religion. Rather ironically, we could say, discrimination does not discriminate, and those who fit into the minority have added pressure that their workplace and colleagues may not accept who they really are. This rings true for many LGBT+ people, even in the legal sector which actively fights for justice; a society which is still progressing to alter entrenched prejudices towards the LGBT+ community, entwined with a traditionally an all-white, male and ‘elitist’ profession, can present an array of issues which are yet to be tackled. In this section of our special edition, we hear stories from LGBT+ lawyers on how the legal sector is progressing and opening its arms to embrace all branches of the diversity spectrum and where law firms and the profession can improve. LGBT