1.4 million adults in the US are transgender; ratio higher among youth
22 states + D.C. have laws EXPLICITLY prohibiting discrimination against people with unconventional gender identities
International Human Rights:
The equality and nondiscrimination guarantee provided by international human rights law applies to all people, regardless of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity or "other status."
---FROM UN HUMAN RIGHTS FACTSHEET
Legal Protection:
Supreme Court. Bostock v. Clayton County, No. 17-1618, 590 U.S. ___ (2020).: civil rights legislation protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination.
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