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Trans*Forming Higher Education to Advance Workforce Diversity

Trans*Forming Higher Education to Advance Workforce Diversity

Catherine L. Langford
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781522502098|ISBN10: 1522502092|EISBN13: 9781522502104
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0209-8.ch012
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Langford, Catherine L. "Trans*Forming Higher Education to Advance Workforce Diversity." Developing Workforce Diversity Programs, Curriculum, and Degrees in Higher Education, edited by Chaunda L. Scott and Jeanetta D. Sims, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 211-234. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0209-8.ch012

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Langford, C. L. (2016). Trans*Forming Higher Education to Advance Workforce Diversity. In C. Scott & J. Sims (Eds.), Developing Workforce Diversity Programs, Curriculum, and Degrees in Higher Education (pp. 211-234). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0209-8.ch012

Chicago

Langford, Catherine L. "Trans*Forming Higher Education to Advance Workforce Diversity." In Developing Workforce Diversity Programs, Curriculum, and Degrees in Higher Education, edited by Chaunda L. Scott and Jeanetta D. Sims, 211-234. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0209-8.ch012

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Abstract

The discrimination transgender persons experience in their educational pursuits, as well as their personal, public, and private lives, negatively impacts their ability to obtain and to maintain work. Trans individuals experience frequent harassment and violence in school, discrimination in the workplace, and high rates of poverty. This chapter reviews the prevalence and implications of trans targeting before surveying judicial opinions and legal statutes that work to protect or to discriminate against transfolk. Although the laws are mixed, more and more legislative codes and judicial opinions advance trans rights and consider gender identity and expression a protected class of people. This chapter suggests different policies, programs, and protocols college campuses can adopt to create a safe, inclusive, and productive educational environment for trans students. Doing so will educate cisgender individuals about trans issues and legal rights as well as prepare trans workers to enter into the workforce.

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