What employment related barriers do employees who identify with a gender other than their birth gender face and how can organizations create a more inclusionary environment that meets the needs of this population of employees?

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What will be an ideal response?

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Possible key points from the text: Transgender youth and adults (over age 13) are negatively affected by state legislation. For example, House Bill 4474 in Illinois would require students to use public restrooms in school according to the sex they were assigned at birth. In order to use a single-occupancy facility at the school, they would need a parental consent form (Herman, et. al, 2016). On the other hand, some states institute legislation that protect transgender people, such as House Bill 2181 in Hawaii that prohibits individuals and employers from discriminating against transgender people based on their own personal religious or moral values and beliefs. The main reason for the limited advancements in protection of transgender people was the absence of definitions of gender identity in the International Human Rights Law. This void, in turn, placed limits on the ability of legislators to provide adequate legislation and to increase awareness through advocacy for the transgender population; provide a universal framework to address a broad range of human rights standards, their connection to issues of sexual orientation and gender identity; and detailed recommendations to promote and protect human rights (Lennox & Waiters, 2013; The Yogyakarta Principles, 2006).