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How to spot and deal with microaggressions against transgender staff

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DiversityQ supports board members setting and enacting their D&I strategy, HR directors managing their departments to take D&I best practice and implement it in real-life workplace situations It is International Transgender Day of Visibility on 31st March, but visibility is difficult when trans people are still facing prejudice and microaggressions on a daily basis. In a way, some things are a lot better. The trajectory is that trans people are more commonplace in everyday society. There isn’t the same secrecy surrounding trans people anymore and we can be more open about our identities because the discrimination against us is maybe less overt to some extent. The general population is becoming more aware of trans etiquette and there are many important allies in and out of the spotlight. However, there is still a bow wave of negativity and discrimination via social media, the Gender Critical Movement, the media and more, which can easily grow into microaggressions in the general popul

It is International Transgender Day of Visibility on 31st March, but visibility is difficult when trans people are still facing prejudice and microaggressions on a daily basis. In a way, some things are a lot better. The trajectory is that trans people are more commonplace in everyday society. There isn’t the same secrecy surrounding trans people anymore and we can be more open about our identities because the discrimination against us is maybe less overt to some extent. The general population is becoming more aware of trans etiquette and there are many important allies in and out of the spotl

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