Push for Transgender Rights in the Workplace Continues to Grow

Workforce Management
Policies have been introduced by some employers specifically for transgender workers that go beyond written statements and address issues such as safe access to bathrooms, health insurance policies that cover medical treatments and training for supervisors of employees undergoing gender reassignment procedures, among others. By Rita Pyrillis
June 2011

Kathleen Culhane was thrilled to land a job two years ago with a large Minnesota-based employer known for its commitment to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.
Culhane, a chemist, was born male. Her decision to change gender in 2001 forced her to quit a job she loved at a university research lab in Iowa after her supervisors tried to fire her, telling her that they doubted she could do the job in her “condition.”

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