HERE’S WHAT EMPLOYERS CAN DO TO MAKE THEIR WORKPLACES FAIRER AND MORE TRANS-FRIENDLY:

1. Adopt a nondiscrimination policy that explicitly bars treating transgender people differently from other workers.
2. Ensure that your employees have access to restrooms that match who they are. Add an all-gender restroom option. (See Lambda Legal’s “Equal Access to Public Restrooms,” another fact sheet in this Transgender Rights Toolkit, also available at lambdalegal.org/publications/toolkits).
3. Use a health insurance company (such as Aetna, Cigna or Blue Cross/Blue Shield) that offers coverages for transition-related health care—and make sure you select for your employees plans that include that coverage. (Also see Lambda Legal’s “Transition-Related Health Care,” another fact sheet in this Transgender Rights Toolkit, also available at lambdalegal.org/publications/toolkit).
4. Make your workplace culture welcoming to trans people by providing mandatory trainings on trans issues. Don’t wait until your first employee transitions; do it now in order to create a welcoming environment.