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Being transgender at work

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There’s been growing awareness of transgender people’s myriad contributions to culture and society in the past decade. But what of the transgender experience at work? As diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts ramp up, are companies and their leaders serving this community well? New McKinsey research aims to add data and nuance to the picture. For instance: transgender adults are twice as likely as cisgender adults to be unemployed, and even when adjusting for education levels, transgender employees make less than their cisgender peers. Explore these and other findings on the challenges and opportunities ahead in creating trans-inclusive workplaces, as Transgender Awareness Week approaches.

— Torea Frey, managing editor, Seattle

Being transgender at work

Although corporate America has stepped up its public support of LGBTQ+ rights, it still has a long road ahead to foster a truly inclusive environment for transgender employees.

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—Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chair, Grantham Research Institute at LSE, in “What will it take to scale investment in adaptation and resilience?” from McKinsey’s COP26 Daily coverage

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