Private Employers

Note: We are not an employment agency. Please do not send us your resume. Apply directly to the employers listed below.

Employers with Transgender Nondiscrimination Policies

For the most up-to-date list of employers that provide protection against discrimination for their transgendered workers, see HRC's Worknet

The following companies have nondiscrimination policies that specifically include gender identity, gender expression, or other wording that protects transgendered employees. Where possible the policies have been described or quoted. The main link for each company takes you to their main page. The "Search for jobs" link takes you to their page of job listings or instructions for applying.

Additions to this page are welcome. Please supply us with the names of other companies that have transgender nondiscrimination policies, the text of such policies, and comments about any companies regarding their treatment of transgendered workers. Send email to Center for Gender Sanity.

Advocate (New York, NY, & Los Angeles, CA): Search for jobs
Aetna: Aetna's nondiscrimination policy was updated in October 2001 to read: "To provide equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, citizenship, religion, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status." Aetna's Office of Diversity offers information here. Search for jobs
Agere Systems: Agere Systems Equal Opportunity Policy: "Prohibits discrimination or harassment based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, special disabled vereran status, Vietnam-era vereran status, other covered veterans, sexual orientation, gender identity, characteristics or expression, in any employment decision or in the administration of any personnel policy." Search for jobs
American Airlines: In August 2001 AMR/American Airlines amended both its written non-discrimination employment policy and EEO statement to include "Gender Identity," which basically pertains to transgender employees. American's written non-discrimination policy now includes age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship status, disability, Vietnam-era or disabled veteran status or other protected classification. Search for jobs
Apple: "Apple is an equal opportunity employer, and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity characteristics or expression, disability, medical condition, U.S. Military or veteran status in recruiting, hiring, training and promoting." Search for jobs
Avaya: "Avaya's policy is to prohibit discrimination or harassment because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, one's status as a special disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam era, or other covered veterans, or because of a person's sexual orientation, gender identity, characteristics or expression, in any employment decision or in the administration of any personnel policy." Search for jobs
Gallagher Financial Systems: Search for jobs
Gay & Lesbian Internet Bank: Search for jobs
Human Rights Campaign (Washington, DC): Search for jobs
Intel: "Our corporate business principles reflect our commitment to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees without regard to non-job-related factors such as: Race or color, Religion, Gender, National origin or ancestry, Age, Marital status, Gender identity, Sexual orientation, Disability." Search for jobs
JPMorgan Chase: "It is our policy that you will not be discriminated against or harassed because of your race, color, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, creed, religion, religious affiliation, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status or any other protected status under any law, regulation, rule or guideline." Search for jobs
Lexmark: Search for jobs
Lucent: Lucent's policy is to "prohibit unlawful discrimination or harassment because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, one's status as a special disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era, or because of a person's sexual orientation, gender identity characteristics or expression, in any employment decision or in the administration of any personnel policy." Search for jobs
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (New York, NY, & Washington, DC): "All positions require a commitment to working in a multicultural environment where diversity of race, ethnic origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, and physical ability are important institutional values." Search for jobs
National Minority AIDS Council (Washington, DC): Search for jobs
Planet Out Partners (Planet Out and Gay.com): "PlanetOut Partners Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant for employment because of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender, gender identity, transgender status or sexual orientation." Search for jobs
VillageTV (West Hollywood, CA): Search for jobs
Wainwright Bank: Search for jobs
Working Assets: Search for jobs
Xerox: Xerox Corporation added protection for gender identity and sexual orientation to its Equal Employment Opportunity policies in June 2001. Search for jobs
(December 2001 -- A transwoman informs us that she had a negative experience when she applied for a job at DocuCopy (a 'Xerox' Premiere Sales Agent) located at 6100 Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles.)

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