How are you supposed to know that the employee is gay? Isn't that some sort of violation of the "right to privacy"?
When my wife was interviewing for a promotion, she was REQUIRED to not disclose the fact that she was pregnant. If the interview panel knew she was pregnant and she didn't get the promotion, it could have set them up for a lawsuit.
Maybe they will put in a new check box next to race?
I don't know any of the logic to this.