Sienna

Note from Sienna:  These statistics seem to be nearly consistent in all similar surveys.

Equality Across America, USA

Working while trans

April 25, 2010

While the right wing prattles on about a trans-inclusive ENDA as if it were a petty potty squabble, I decided to unveil some of the early findings on trans people’s experiences on the job from a recent survey for activists to use in building for an ENDA fight. The statistics on transgender people’s lives are stunning. According to the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, 97 percent have experienced mistreatment, harassment or discrimination on the job.  Of those surveyed, 47 percent were denied a job, a promotion or were fired because of their gender identity. Despite higher levels of education than the population at large, 15 percent of transgender  people earn less than $10,000 per year, more than twice the national average. Twenty-seven percent reported incomes of $20,000 or less.

Hostile employers forced 32 percent to present themselves in the wrong gender in order to keep their jobs. While 62 percent of the overall population has access to health care at work, only 40 percent of transgender people do. 

Fight for a trans-inclusive ENDA Now. You can start by joining with other LGBT activists Saturday, May 1 to march on May Day in solidarity with immigrants and for LGBT workplace rights.  In solidarity-Sherry Wolf

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