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Transgender, Gender-Fluid, Nonbinary, and Gender-Nonconforming Employees Deserve Better Policies

By A Mystery Man Writer

Workplaces aren’t keeping up with demographic and cultural shifts in how society thinks about gender. Even progressive organizations with some understanding of “transgender issues” are poorly equipped to support gender-nonconforming employees and can inadvertently reinforce outdated and restrictive gender norms. Recent research has identified four ways company leaders can create policies that empower individual agency, make room for experiences outside of the gender binary, and ensure access to resources and quality of working life for people of all gender identities and expressions.