The lack of representation is obvious not only at universities, but also in industry and federal agencies, Woo said. …
But Cornell officials said they don't believe a glass ceiling exists at the university. - Asian Scientists Hit a Ceiling, wired.com, February, 2005.
4. Ten years after Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) became the first and only openly gay person to win election to a first-term seat in Congress, four gay men and a lesbian are running for Congress this year and political observers say each faces an uphill fight.
Although three other open gays, including Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), have repeatedly won re-election to seats in the House of Representatives, each of them first won their seats before they publicly disclosed their sexual orientation.
Supporters of the gay congressional candidates running this year say they are hopeful that at least one or more of the five will break through what some have called a "glass ceiling" that has prevented another open gay from winning a first-term congressional seat since Baldwin's victory in 1998. - Five gay candidates for Congress battle ‘glass ceiling’, washblade.com, March 7, 2008.
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