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New TUC report reveals scale of LGBT harassment at work
Fresh findings released to mark International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia show a hidden problem, writes DEBBIE HAYTON

THE LGBT world is not short of acronyms. Today is Idahobit: the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. 

The date is significant. It is now almost 30 years since the World Health Organisation decided to remove homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases on May 17 1990. 

Unfortunately, prejudice has not been removed from society, and LGBT people continue to suffer discrimination and harassment at work and elsewhere.

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