How Employers Can Support Gender Diversity Creating inclusive workplaces means making space for trans workers Cameron Zayne NeuroLeadership Institute
I n 2022, President Joe Biden declared March 31 to be the first “Transgender Day of Visibility” in the United States. It was a watershed moment for the transgender, nonbinary and gender non-conforming community, but visibility without meaningful support or legal protections has turned out to be a fragile framework. Our trans colleagues across the U.S. know of numerous places in our country where they are undesired, unwelcome or even unsafe. Legislation and social media debates remind them of it daily. In 2021, 64% of LGBTQ+ people reported being targets of online harassment , and as of early June, the ACLU was tracking almost 500 anti-LGBTQ+ state legislative bills across the country . This reality follows us everywhere, including to where we spend most of our waking hours — the workplace. A McKinsey report found that people who identify as More than a dozen states have enacted anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, many of them seeking to curtail the freedom of transgender people. Hundreds more bills remain up for consideration across the country. It’s little wonder, then, that many trans workers feel unsupported, whether politically or professionally. But, as Cameron Zayne of the NeuroLeadership Institute makes clear, businesses that fail to provide an accepting, inclusive workplace for trans employees do so to their own detriment.
30 | April/May 2024
Leadership & Career
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