Being Transgender Pretty Much Means You're Going To Struggle Through Life

[Shana A]

Being Transgender Pretty Much Means You're Going To Struggle Through Life

http://www.queerty.com/being-transgender-pretty-much-means-youre-going-to-struggle-through-life-20110205/

Quizzing some 6,450 transgender Americans, a study from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force finds Ts are "four to five times more likely than the general population to live in extreme poverty, with an annual household income of less than $10,000 at all levels of educational attainment. Those surveyed were twice as likely to be unemployed; 26 percent had lost a job because they were transgender, though if you factor in not being hired in the first place or denied a promotion, that number rises to 47 percent. A full 90 percent of respondents reported harassment or other mistreatment in the workplace. ...