EXPERIÊNCIAS DE GESTÃO DA DIVERSIDADE SEXUAL NO AMBIENTE DE TRABALHO NO BRASIL: DAS EXPERIÊNCIAS PONTUAIS À FORMAÇÃO DE UM FÓRUM EMPRESARIAL LGBT

In this paper, we examine organizational practices of diversity management directed toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workforce in Brazil. The analysis has two purposes: the first, is to help overcome the scarcity of case studies about practices designed to assure more inclusive management of LGBTs in the workplace; the second, is to examine the hypothesis that the importance of such practices produce some kind of concrete and symbolic gain for this targeted population. Here particular attention is given to educational programs, social benefits and the recent creation of a national LGBT Business Forum