“Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey” (2011)
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and National Center for Transgender Equality conducted a national survey of transgender Americans and documented widespread employment discrimination and economic insecurity:
- Double the rate of unemployment: Survey respondents experienced unemployment at twice the rate of the general population at the time of the survey,5 with rates for people of color up to four times the national unemployment rate.
- Widespread mistreatment at work: Ninety percent (90%) of those surveyed reported experiencing harassment, mistreatment or discrimination on the job or took actions like hiding who they are to avoid it.
- Forty-seven percent (47%) said they had experienced an adverse job outcome, such as being fired, not hired or denied a promotion because of being transgender or gender non-conforming.
- Over one-quarter (26%) reported that they had lost a job due to being transgender or gender non-conforming and 50% were harassed.
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News and Blog Posts
- USA Today: "Senate to Vote on Gay Rights Bill by Thanksgiving," October 28, 2013
- "Labor Dept: Same-Sex Spouses can Participate in Benefit Plans," September 2013
- Wall Street Journal: "U.S. Extends Family Leave to Same-Sex Spouses," August 2013
- MSNBC: "Senate committee: You Can’t be Fired for Being Gay," July 10, 2013
- "Freedom to Work Doubles Down on Push for LGBT Workplace Protections," June 17, 2013
- "Complaint Accuses Exxon Mobil of Anti-Gay Bias," Associated Press, May 2013
- "Advocacy Group Accuses Exxon of Anti-Gay Hiring Practices," Los Angeles Times, May 2013
- New York Times: "Exxon Defies Calls to Add Gays to Anti-Bias Policy," May 2013
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Reports
- "$250 Billion In Federal Contracts Doled Out In States With No LGBT Anti-Discrimination Laws," according to report by Freedom to Work, Movement Advancement Project, and other leading LGBT organizations
- "A Broken Bargain: Discrimination, Fewer Benefits and More Taxes for LGBT Workers," 2013 Report by the Movement Advancement Project, Human Rights Campaign, Center for American Progress, and partners including Freedom to Work
- Center for Work-Life Policy Study: “The Power of Out” (July 2011)