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E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Economics and Director of the Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab, Vanderbilt University

Transgender activist Aimee Stephens sat outside the Supreme Court as the court held oral arguments dealing with workplace discrimination. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

June 16, 2020

What the Supreme Court’s decision on LGBT employment discrimination will mean for transgender Americans

Christopher Carpenter, Vanderbilt University and Gilbert Gonzales, Vanderbilt University

In a national survey, transgender individuals had worse employment outcomes, lower incomes and higher rates of poverty than cisgender people.

Aimee Stephens worked for a Detroit funeral home for six years before telling her employer she wanted to be issued a female uniform. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images

June 16, 2020

Transgender Americans are more likely to be unemployed and poor

Christopher Carpenter, Vanderbilt University and Gilbert Gonzales, Vanderbilt University

In a national survey, transgender individuals had worse employment outcomes, lower incomes and higher rates of poverty than cisgender people.

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