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Title: How policy affects the lives of transgendered individuals
Post by: Natasha on October 06, 2008, 05:21:50 PM
How policy affects the lives of transgendered individuals

http://transgenderinmate.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-policy-affects-lives-of.html (http://transgenderinmate.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-policy-affects-lives-of.html)
10/5/2008

Organizations try to protect transgender individuals by creating
non-discrimination laws and policy which state that no one should not
be treated unfairly or harassed because they are transgender. Most
organizations have anti-discrimination policy; however only few
specifically include transgender individuals. When they are included,
policies follow a similar composition:

You are considered transgender if:

o You want to live as a member of your preferred gender
o You are in the process of changing over to your preferred gender