Weekly dilemma: transsexuals rights

PersonnelToday.com – Ashley Norman, Employment Partner, Pinsent Masons

I manage a women-only driving school. I recently discovered one of my new instructors is a transsexual and was formerly a man. This doesn’t bother me, but some clients might mind…

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Eaton Corp. helped transgender employee

CrainsDetroit.com – By Maureen McDonald

Audrey Hopkins, 47, became the first transgender individual hired into Eaton Corp.’s 100-member information-technology group in October 2005.

Her name and capabilities were already known to her boss and man…

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7 Things Never to Say to LGBT Coworkers

DiversityInc.com – By Daryl Hannah

For most, coming out at work is not an easy task. You can’t be sure how your company or peers will respond to your revelation. And despite recent reports that the workplace is growing increasingly accepting to LGBT…

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Hows Your Inclusiveness Rating?

HREOnline.com – By Harvey Meyer

The Corporate Equality Index has emerged as the scorecard of choice for measuring GLBT-friendliness.

Software engineer Paula Easton spent years at Raytheon deeply closeted about her sexual orientation. Then one day…

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Rainbow corporation

NewsObserver.com – Julie Waresh, Correspondent

Greensboro – Running a successful gay-friendly business might have come naturally to Bob Page, founder of Replacements Ltd.

But it hasn’t.

Still, the North Carolina native has parlayed a weekend …

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Transgender odyssey

PrideSource.com – By Todd A. Heywood

Workplace inequity takes teacher from Michigan campus to national stage

When Julie Nemecek first told the president of Spring Arbor University that she was transgender and would be assuming her female persona,…

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