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The Rise of Transgender-Inclusive Laws

How Well Are Municipalities Implementing Supportive Nondiscrimination Public Employment Policies?

The City University of New York, rcolvin{at}jjay.cuny.edu

Whereas efforts that prohibit employment discrimination based on factors such as race or sexual orientation require certain organizational changes, creating a transgender-inclusive workplace requires organizational changes that include personnel, policy, legal, and medical issues unique to transgender people. At present, it is not clear whether communities are actually implementing these organizational changes, even after adopting transgender-inclusive nondiscrimination laws. This research project surveyed 74 municipalities with transgender-inclusive nondiscrimination employments laws, in order to assess and better understand the state of transgender-inclusive public workplaces. The initial results of the survey suggest that although innovation continues to increase, implementation and enforcement remain low, affecting managers' and employees' abilities to operate in a transgender-inclusive environment. Recommendations are made to improve implementation and enforcement of transgender-inclusive nondiscrimination laws.

Key Words: nondiscrimination policies • transgender rights • policy implementation • employment law

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Review of Public Personnel Administration, Vol. 27, No. 4, 336-360 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1077800407301777


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