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Gender Inequality: Nonbinary Transgender People In The Workplace, Skylar Davidson
Gender Inequality: Nonbinary Transgender People In The Workplace, Skylar Davidson
Masters Theses
Most research on employment gender inequality focuses on differences between men and women, reinforcing a binary conception of gender. This study uses the National Transgender Discrimination Survey to evaluate the employment outcomes of nonbinary transgender people (those who identify as a gender other than man or woman). The results of this study suggest that being out as a nonbinary transgender person negatively affects nonbinary transgender people's employment outcomes. Though all transgender people have higher unemployment rates than the general population, outness has different effects on nonbinary transgender people based on sex assigned at birth, with those assigned male at birth …
Gender Inequality: Nonbinary Transgender People In The Workplace, Skylar Davidson
Gender Inequality: Nonbinary Transgender People In The Workplace, Skylar Davidson
Sociology Department Graduate Student Publication Series
This study uses the National Transgender Discrimination Survey to evaluate the employment outcomes of nonbinary transgender people (those who identify as a gender other than man or woman). Regression analyses indicate that being out as a nonbinary transgender person has different effects on nonbinary transgender people based on sex assigned at birth, with those assigned male at birth tending to be discriminated against in hiring but those assigned female at birth more likely to experience differential treatment once hired. Transgender women tend to have worse employment experiences than nonbinary transgender people and transgender men, the latter two tending to have …