This Beautiful Photo Series Encourages Employers To Hire More Trans People
https://www.buzzfeed.com/meredithtalusan/this-inspiring-hiretrans-photo-series-celebrates-trans-peopl?utm_term=.otmwzWqlEd#.rp4kx4J562
Buzzfeed/posted on Jun. 1, 2016, at 8:31 a.m.By Meredith Talusan
"t a time when the unemployment rate for trans people in the U.S. is double that of the general population, the San Francisco LGBT Center's Trans at Work campaign highlights the talents of working trans and gender-nonconforming people. Launched today with photographs by Samantha Cooper along with a video, a website, and the hashtags #TransAtWork and #HireTrans, the campaign is the brainchild of the SF LGBT Center's Trans Employment Program, the country's first city-funded employment program specifically for trans and gender-nonconforming people."
Awesome. Very positive and normalising.
Thanks Stephanie - Nice find. Kind of makes up for slogging through the news about so called "Christians" calling for the murder of trans-people.
I wish a photo could show a person's heart, and skills related to the job.
You would think in today's business world that skills and productivity would be the prominent reason for hiring, not whether or not they're trans.
Quote from: traci_k on June 02, 2016, 07:02:10 AM
Thanks Stephanie - Nice find. Kind of makes up for slogging through the news about so called "Christians" calling for the murder of trans-people.
I always look for articles by Meredith
These are great photos. Americans need to see photos like this, because they represent trans people as ordinary individuals, people who might live in your neighborhood or work in your workplace. People you would be glad to know.
It's easy for transphobes to scare Americans with comic-book bogeyman images of sinister trans people invading the restroom, when most people think they've never seen a trans person. But it's hard to hate when you see trans people as ordinary people leading successful lives.
People who are apprehensive about trans people need to look at these photos and ask themselves why they feel threatened by the people depicted.