Discrimination against transgender people

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Discrimination against transgender people
Hudson Valley Press
February 16th, 2011


http://www.hvpress.net/news/138/ARTICLE/10012/2011-02-16.html


Respondents were nearly four times more likely to live in extreme poverty, with household income of less than $10,000.

Respondents were twice as likely to be unemployed compared to the population as a whole. Half of those surveyed reported experiencing harassment or other mistreatment in the workplace, and one in four were fired because of their gender identity or expression.

While discrimination was pervasive for the entire sample, it was particularly pronounced for people of color. African-American transgender respondents fared far worse than all others in many areas studied.