EBAR.com – by Seth Hemmelgarn
More than five years since state legislation to ensure employment and housing protections for transgender people went into effect, many still face discrimination, according to a recently released report.
According to “The State of Transgender California Report,” 67 percent of the people who responded to a 2008 survey said they had experienced workplace harassment or discrimination directly related to their gender identity. Only 15 percent of those respondents had filed a complaint, according to the report.