Transgender Employment Links

The following web sites contain information about transitioning on the job and other issues transsexual and transgendered workers and their employers may face. Some present the transsexual worker's point of view, others offer advice from professionals. Several pages of legal resources, from both the United States and Europe, are listed. Also included are sites that provide mail order service for relevant books.

• Transgender at Work. A comprehensive site on transgender issues in the workplace. Includes information on health insurance, restroom access, nondiscrimination policies, employee resource groups, legal protections, and more, plus links to related sites.
• GAYWORK.com. This is a new employment service for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered workers. Employers and recruiters can post job openings, and job seekers can post resumes. The databases of both can be searched. Employers pay a small fee. Because this service is very new, there are not a lot of postings yet, but it could become a valuable resource for transgendered workers and for employers seeking extraordinary talent.
• Lucent Technologies Protects Transgendered Employees. Lucent Technology's policy statement prohibiting discrimination against transgendered and intersex workers.
• Transgenderism and Transition in the Workplace. An article written for HRC (Human Rights Campaign) by Dana Priesing, Esq. This article provides an excellent outline of things to consider when deciding whether to transition at work, including legal, employment and personal factors; lists the steps to take once you have decided to transition on your job; and gives a good overview of legal issues.
• Transitions That Work. Consulting services and diversity training for employers who have transitioning workers. See also the related Center for Gender Sanity page offering a Transitioning on the Job Workshop for transsexual workers.
• [trans]Gender Education Materials. Materials used in "Gender: Exploring Diversity and Acceptance," a diversity training workshop used at Michigan State University, can be accessed from this page.
• Transsexuals in the Work Place--A Guide For Employers. A short article answering a few questions employers might have. Written by Barbara Chambers/Copeland, reproduced from Gender Expressions Magazine.
• Transitioning in the Professional Workplace: One Woman's Experience. An account of the step-by-step transition of a male-to-female physician, by Anne Lawrence, MD. Also see About My Transition, a letter from Dr. Lawrence to her employer explaining in detail what would be involved in her transition in the workplace.
• Transition in the Workplace. A first-person account of male-to-female transition in the corporate world, by Diane Wilson.
• Coming Out Letters. A page of links to letters written by transitioning persons to their management, coworkers, friends and family. Included are letters to coworkers from Australian college employee Katherine Cummings, lawyer Robin Diane Goldstein, and college professor Jacob Hale, and a letter from management to the coworkers of transsexual engineer Michelle Steiner.
• Gender Transition in the Workplace: Advice for the Transitioning Employee. Psychotherapist Anne Vitale, PhD, offers advice to transsexuals contemplating transitioning on the job.
• The International Journal of Transgenderism. Abstract of "Gender Transition in the Workplace," a presentation given at the XV Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association Symposium, Vancouver, September 1997.
• Transgender Nondiscrimination Statutes. A list of cities and states that have enacted nondiscrimination laws that protect transsexuals, plus lots of other legal information.
• GenderPac: Employment Discrimination. Political efforts to end discrimination against transgendered workers.
• Employment Discrimination and the Transsexual. A 1996 paper written by (then) law student JoAnna McNamara covering federal equal protection laws and state and federal disability statutes as they apply to transsexual workers.
• Legal Aspects of Transsexualism. Sr. Mary Elizabeth's in-depth examination of legal aspects of transsexualism. Includes sections covering employment practices and law in both the military and civilian arenas.
• The National Center for Lesbian Rights Transgender Law Project has made available several relevant articles: Gender, Identity, and New Developments in Employment Law, which is a series of shorter articles on subjects ranging from restrooms to transgendered teachers, Gender Identity Discrimination and Employment Law, which focuses on employees in California but has helpful information for others in the United States, and Employment Discrimination and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, a Q&A about California state law. And especially for lawyers: Representing Transsexual Clients: Selected Legal Issues, which includes a section on employment law, and Federal Cases Recognizing That Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Non-Conformity and/or Transgender Status Is a form of Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, and Cases Recognizing Protection for Transgender People under State Sex and Disability Discrimination Provisions, which list federal and state cases that may be helpful in discrimination situations.
• Transgender Law Conference. The International Conference of Transgender Law and Employment Policy posts relevant news items and makes available the proceedings of its annual conferences.
• Legal Articles and Documents for Transgendered People. This transgender legal page includes news, legal documents, speeches and articles from around the world, plus links to other sources of legal information.
• The National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law. The October 1997 issue, "Transgender Issues and Sexual Orientation" examines the intersection of these topics, including employment discrimination.
• What's Hot--Transsexuals Test Limits of N.J. Law Against Sexual Bias. A 1996 news article in New Jersey Law Journal about cases filed by two transsexual women against their employers on issues of discrimination.
• The ECJ Judgement. The full text of the ruling of the European Court of Justice declaring it to be against European law to discriminate against transsexuals in employment. See also the article by Stephen Whittle reviewing the implications of this decision.
• AEGIS On-Line Library. A list of resources related to transgender employment, including journal articles, books, and legal cases, can be downloaded at this ftp site.
• Transsexual Workers: An Employer's Guide and Working with a Transsexual: A Guide for Coworkers by Janis Walworth. The most recent and most comprehensive guides -- one for employers and one for coworkers -- to help those who have transitioning or other transgendered workers in their workplace can be ordered online or by mail.
• The Employer's Guide to Gender Transition by Dianna Cicotello (also known as Dana Cole), who has been doing employment coaching and employer education and mediation for transgender workers for over 15 years, is for sale.
• Creative Design Services. Publications about transsexualism are can be ordered, including "Medical, Legal & Workplace Issues for the Transsexual" by Kirk & Rothblatt, "The Transsexual's Survival Guide II--Family, Friends, & Employers" by Stringer, and "True Selves--Understanding Transsexualism" by Brown & Rounsley. All have sections relating to employment.
• Ingersoll Gender Center Catalog of Publications. "The Employer's Guide to Gender Transition" by Cole and "The Transsexual's Survival Guide II--Family, Friends, & Employers" by Stringer can be ordered on this page.
• Translegalities Attorney Spencer Bergstedt's new book, Translegalities, which is available in two editions--one for male-to-female, the other for female-to-male--can be ordered on this page. It includes a chapter on workplace issues.
• International Foundation for Gender Education. IFGE's Synchronicity bookstore, which offers over 70 books on transgenderism and gender, crossdressing, transsexualism, and related topics.

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