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Summary:

This volume contains original research that explores the experience of transgender people in the workplace. The book offers policy recommendations for employees, employers, community leaders, and others to help transgender people thrive in organizational environments.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter One: Transgender, Trans*, Trans. The History of Modern Terminology and Concepts
• Gender: A Primer
• The People You'll Meet in This Book
• Chapter Two: Narratives of Trans Discrimination. Trans Women and Trans Femmes
• Trans Men and Transmasculine
• Butch Women
• Assigned Female at Birth Nonbinary/Genderfluid
• Assigned Male at Birth Nonbinary/Genderfluid
• Chapter Three: The Anatomy of Discrimination. Discrimination's Many Faces
• The Lucky Few
• Filling in the Blanks
• Chapter Four: On Men, Women, and Hegemony. Cisgender Status Inequality and Workplace Discrimination
• Trans Status Inequality and Discrimination in the Workplace
• Trans Women
• Trans Men
• Butch Women
• Chapter Five: Just Pick One! Beyond the Binary
• Assigned Female at Birth Nonbinary/Genderfluid
• Assigned Male at Birth Nonbinary/Genderfluid

• Doing Ambiguity
• Chapter Six: Strategies for Avoiding and Reducing Discrimination. Trans Women
• Trans Men
• Butch Women
• Assigned Female at Birth Nonbinary/Genderfluid People
• Assigned Male at Birth Nonbinary/Genderfluid People
• Putting It All Together
• Chapter Seven: Moving Forward. The Unwilling Organization
• Inclusion in Progress
• Parting Words

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Author/Creator:

Fogarty, Alison Ash , author

Contributors:

Zheng, Lily , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Gender ambiguity in the workplace: transgender and gender-diverse discrimination [by Fogarty, A.A.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Gender ambiguity in the workplace [by Fogarty, A.A.] (Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2018] — ISBN 9781440863226; LCCN 2017054541)

Subjects:

Transgender people — Employment

Gender nonconformity

Discrimination in employment

Sex discrimination

Transgender people

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 30, 2018).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 192 pages)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

HD6285 .F64 2018eb

ISBNs:

9781440863233 (electronic book)
1440863237 (electronic book)
9781440863226 (hardcopy, alkaline paper) [Invalid]
9798216088844 (Electronic book, EPUB format)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2017058129

OCLC Numbers:

1014005838