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Author Bender-Baird, Kyla.

Title Transgender employment experiences : gendered perceptions and the law / Kyla Bender-Baird
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 183 pages)
Contents Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- Defining Transgender -- About the Participants -- Limitations -- ch. 2 Legal Landscape Of Employment Protections For Transgender People In The United States -- Using Disability Law to Advocate for Transgender Employment Protections -- Expanding the Definition of "Sex" in Tide VII Jurisprudence to Protect Transgender Employees -- Federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act -- Adding Gender Identity Protections to State and Local Nondiscrimination Laws and Workplace Policies -- Language Variation Among Policy Protections for Transgender People -- ch. 3 Making The Numbers Come Alive: Stories Of Workplace Discrimination -- Termination, Unemployment, and Underemployment -- Effects of Gender Identity and Workplace Transitions on Income -- Connecting Job Security and Access to Transitioning -- Harassment -- How Do I Look? The Impact of Dress Codes on Trans Employment Experiences -- Biggee: Bathrooms -- Identity Documents and the Gender Classification System -- Stepping Back and Getting the Big Picture -- Antici pation: Anxiety, Distress, and the Psychological Impact of Discrimination -- ch. 4 Changing The Narrative: Stories Of Positive Workplace Experiences -- "I'm Lucky" Phenomenon -- Influence of Socioeconomic Class -- Effects of Workplace Environment -- Art of Careful Planning and Workplace Coordination -- What Employees Bring to the Workplace -- ch. 5 Conclusion -- Importance of Policy Protections in Preventing Discrimination and Providing Recourse -- Importance of Education in Developing Community Awareness
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Transgender people -- Employment -- United States
Discrimination in employment -- United States.
Transgender people -- Employment -- Law and legislation -- United States
Sex discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- United States
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Discrimination in employment
Sex discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation
Transgender people -- Employment
Transgender people -- Employment -- Law and legislation
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011006487
ISBN 9781461906308
146190630X
9781438436760
1438436769