English Dictionary

rainbow ceiling

名詞

An informal (and often unacknowledged) barrier to promotion or advancement, in employment and elsewhere, for gay and lesbian people.

日本語の意味

ゲイやレズビアンといったLGBTの人々に対して、職場などでの昇進やキャリアアップの際に存在する非公式な障壁

Despite being highly qualified, she hit the rainbow ceiling when she was passed over for promotion because of her sexual orientation.

彼女は非常に有能だったにもかかわらず、性的指向を理由に昇進を見送られ、ゲイやレズビアンが直面する昇進を妨げる見えない障壁にぶつかった。

意味（1）

An informal (and often unacknowledged) barrier to promotion or advancement, in employment and elsewhere, for gay and lesbian people.

Meretz MK Nitzan Horowitz isn’t just Israel’s only openly gay parliamentarian, he’s the Middle East’s only openly gay parliamentarian (though he was preceded in that role by Uzi Even, who broke that particular rainbow ceiling in 2002).