Transgender Discrimination
An overwhelming forty one percent of transgender people, that responded to the “National Transgender Discrimination Survey Report on Health and Health Care” have reported to attempting suicide because of being discriminated against. There is a twenty eight percent rate of transgenders postponing their medical care, because they did not want to deal with discrimination. A majority of them were told that they needed major surgeries, and they still have not gotten them (Harrison). Jason was an employee at Ivy League University for two years. In 2004 when he had come out as transgender, and told the Human Rights Campaign HRC he was going to get a female to male transition, he got immediate negative responses. Many of …show more content…
A federal investigation found that Army officials were discriminating against a transgender employee that had a sex change while working at an installation in Alabama. The investigation shows that she was restricted from the women 's bathroom, and was called by her male name, despite the fact of her being a women (Alman). Transgenders can get discriminated against almost anywhere, and it needs to stop.
The workplace is a big place of discrimination, too. ⅕ transgender people that got surveyed reported to workplace discrimination (“Discrimination Against Transgender
Workers”). Between 1996-2006, twenty to fifty seven percent of transgender people experienced employment discrimination, including, being fired, denied promotion even though they were applicable, and being harassed. It is also hard for them to apply to jobs. Almost 2 million professionals leave workplaces due to unfairness, this costs U.S. employers $64 billion every year (“Discrimination Against Transgender
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Workers”). The transgender community is plagued by epidemic levels of workplace discrimination, which contributes to widespread unemployment among them (Carroll). Workplaces would have so many more workers and buyers if they would not discriminate against …show more content…
The workplace is one of the more common areas, but discrimination is everywhere, especially for transgenders. Some recommendations to ending Transgender Discrimination are medical establishments fully integrating trans-sensitive care into professional standards, if a doctor harasses or assaults a trans person, they should be disciplined and held accountable, public and private insurance systems cover transgender related care that is essential to all health, there should also be transgender education, health care, and recovery programs made. Ending violence against transgender people should be a big priority. “Employers need to assess whether they are willing to risk the negatively public image discrimination can bring or not. People tend to focus on and remember the negatively about most things. It only takes one incident of such behavior as discrimination to create a long standing will” (“Discrimination Against Transgender
An overwhelming forty one percent of transgender people, that responded to the “National Transgender Discrimination Survey Report on Health and Health Care” have reported to attempting suicide because of being discriminated against. There is a twenty eight percent rate of transgenders postponing their medical care, because they did not want to deal with discrimination. A majority of them were told that they needed major surgeries, and they still have not gotten them (Harrison). Jason was an employee at Ivy League University for two years. In 2004 when he had come out as transgender, and told the Human Rights Campaign HRC he was going to get a female to male transition, he got immediate negative responses. Many of …show more content…
A federal investigation found that Army officials were discriminating against a transgender employee that had a sex change while working at an installation in Alabama. The investigation shows that she was restricted from the women 's bathroom, and was called by her male name, despite the fact of her being a women (Alman). Transgenders can get discriminated against almost anywhere, and it needs to stop.
The workplace is a big place of discrimination, too. ⅕ transgender people that got surveyed reported to workplace discrimination (“Discrimination Against Transgender
Workers”). Between 1996-2006, twenty to fifty seven percent of transgender people experienced employment discrimination, including, being fired, denied promotion even though they were applicable, and being harassed. It is also hard for them to apply to jobs. Almost 2 million professionals leave workplaces due to unfairness, this costs U.S. employers $64 billion every year (“Discrimination Against Transgender
McClung 4
Workers”). The transgender community is plagued by epidemic levels of workplace discrimination, which contributes to widespread unemployment among them (Carroll). Workplaces would have so many more workers and buyers if they would not discriminate against …show more content…
The workplace is one of the more common areas, but discrimination is everywhere, especially for transgenders. Some recommendations to ending Transgender Discrimination are medical establishments fully integrating trans-sensitive care into professional standards, if a doctor harasses or assaults a trans person, they should be disciplined and held accountable, public and private insurance systems cover transgender related care that is essential to all health, there should also be transgender education, health care, and recovery programs made. Ending violence against transgender people should be a big priority. “Employers need to assess whether they are willing to risk the negatively public image discrimination can bring or not. People tend to focus on and remember the negatively about most things. It only takes one incident of such behavior as discrimination to create a long standing will” (“Discrimination Against Transgender