National Transgender Discrimination Survey

The National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force released the report last month on discrimination in the work place. the report found,

KEY FINDINGS
▪▪ Double the rate of unemployment: Survey respondents experience unemployment at twice the rate of the population as a whole.

▪▪ Ninety-seven percent (97%) have experienced mistreatment, harassment, or discrimination on the job including:removal from direct contact with clients, disclosure of confidential information to co-workers, and physical or sexual assault. Poverty

▪▪ High rates of poverty: Fifteen percent (15%) of transgender people in our sample lived on $10,000 per year or less–double the rate of the general population.

▪▪ Forty-seven percent (47%) of survey respondents experienced an adverse job action because they are transgender — they did not get a job, were denied a promotion or were fired—that directly impacted their employment status.

▪▪ A staggering number of the people surveyed, 26%, lost their jobs due to their gender identity/expression. Particularly hard hit were those who were Black (32%) or Multiracial (37%).