ronality crump is a guy man and police sergeant. his supervisor verbally harassed him because he is gay, comparing him to one of the women in the department, minus the heels and other derogatory comments. when crump filed a complaint, he was transferred from a prestigious position to a less favorable one. we have decades of social science research that tell us those stories are repeated in workplaces across america. in 2008, general social survey found 42% of lesbian, gay and bisexual people had experienced employment discrimination because of their sexual orientation at some point in their lives, and 27% actually experienced that in the last five years. so it's common and recent. in the largest survey of transgender people to date, 47% of correspondents experienced discrimination in hiring, promotion or job retention. in 2008, my colleagues and i studied the complaints filed by lgbt people in the states that outlaw sexual orientation discrimination. i'll say the numbers of complaints were actually we adjusted those counts to take i