From Pink News: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/09/10/us-study-reveals-transgender-workers-are-at-greater-risk-for-unemployment-and-poverty/
10 September 2013
A new report has revealed that transgender workers in the US experience unemployment at twice the rate of the population as a whole, and are four times more likely to have a household income under $10,000 (£6,400).
The report released this week, entitled ‘A Broken Bargain for Transgender Workers,’ is a companion to the recently released report, ‘A Broken Bargain: Discrimination, Fewer Benefits, and More Taxes for LGBT Workers.’
It is co-authored by the Movement Advancement Project (MAP), the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), the Center for American Progress (CAP), and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), in partnership with Freedom to Work, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Out and Equal Workplace Advocates, and SEIU.
The report shows that transgender workers report unemployment at 14% – which is double the rate of the population as a whole at 7%.
44% of transgender people who are currently working are also underemployed.
Transgender workers are also at 15% for having household incomes under $10,000 – which is four times the rate of the population as a whole at 4%
Mara Keisling, Executive Director of NCTE, said: “This new report underscores the harsh reality of what it means to live and work as a transgender person in this country. Like other workers, transgender Americans deserve to be judged by our work and contributions and not by one aspect of who we are.”
Ineke Mushovic, Executive Director of MAP, also explained how these figures have come to light.
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