REPORT: Transgender Workers Still Face 'Broken Bargain' When Trying To Earn A Living (http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/09/05/2578651/broken-bargain-transgender-workers/)
ANDREW CRAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 4:10 PM
It isn't a secret that Washington has been in a state of gridlock and discord, driven by both political grandstanding and deeply entrenched political ideologies. But what may be more of a surprise is that members of Congress from polarized sides of the political spectrum agree with each other, and with the American public, on one thing: the importance of the American dream, and keeping that dream within reach of country's workers. Sen. Marco Rubio described the American dream as "allow[ing] us all to succeed economically, achieve stability and security for [our families] and leave [our] children better off than [our]selves." Nancy Pelosi said, "the American dream is about freedom. Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families."
But for transgender Americans, this basic bargain of hard work, fair judgment on the merits, and the ability to advance in life is broken.
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'Harsh Reality' of Workplaces for Transgender Americans Examined in New Report (http://www.seiu.org/2013/09/harsh-reality-of-workplaces-for-transgender-americ.php)
BEAU BOUGHAMER, September 6, 2013 10:29 AM EDT
Transgender workers are up against alarming inequities in the American workplace today--facing difficulty finding and keeping good jobs, accessing benefits and obtaining health insurance, according to a new report...
The study, "A Broken Bargain for Transgender Workers," notes that transgender workers report unemployment at twice the rate of the population as a whole (14 percent versus 7 percent); nearly half of transgender people who are working are underemployed; and transgender workers are nearly four times more likely than the population as a whole to have a household income of under $10,000.
Examples of transgender discrimination range from wage disparities and the inability to update identity documents to denial of promotions and unfair firing.