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Episode 9 Transgendered employees experience unique challenges at work while offering vital opportunities for employers to test their commitment to inclusiveness. What does it mean to transition or move outside the socially accepted standards of dress, physiology and/or behavior of one’s birth gender at work? Given that there is often little legal protection for workplace gender non-conformity, how do employers actually create safe and inclusive organizations for all? Why is it important to include gender identity and expression in non-discrimination policies? While some cutting edge organizations address LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered) issues in their diversity efforts, why is the “T” often overlooked? What’s the difference between sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression? Co-hosts Judy Seidenstein and Richard Friend address these and other provocative questions with Mara Kesling, Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality; James Halleman, Activist Chair for the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition and a member of Pride at Work’s Diversity Board; and Lori Fox, former Director of Human Resources for a multi-national Fortune 100 Company and currently the President of “The Mosaic Identity”, a successful Image / Diversity consulting firm, as well as serving on the strategic planning/media committee of the national corporate LGBT employee network group Out and Equal.
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