The author reports on the first study to use an audit method to ascertain whether
discrimination occurs against queer women (relative to straight women) when they apply to
jobs in the United States. A field experiment was conducted in which a pair of fictitious
women's résumés were sent to apply to more than 800 administrative jobs from online job
databases advertised by employers across four states. One woman's résumé was randomly
assigned leadership experience at a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) student …