Even in 2017, when same-sex marriage has been legal nationwide for two years, some LGBT lawyers still don’t feel comfortable enough to be “out” at work.

That’s something that the Austin LGBT Bar Association hopes to change. Over the past five years, the group—along with other local minority bar associations—has asked the biggest firms in Austin to report how many LGBT lawyers work there. The association has made a difference by talking openly about the issue and helping to train law firms to collect LGBT lawyer data.

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