Gender identity in the workplace: An introductory guide

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Context

Transgender Equality Network Ireland [TENI] is a non-profit organisation that seeks to improve conditions and advance the rights and equality of trans people and their families. The organisation’s vision is an Ireland where trans people are understood, accepted and respected, and can participate fully in all aspects of Irish society. TENI has dedicated its resources to the ending of transphobia, including stigma, discrimination and inequality and continues to work for social, political and legal recognition of trans people in Ireland since 2006.

In 2009 the Transgender Equality Network [TENI] of Ireland were awarded €450,000 to support the development of an active and sustainable organisation to advocate for the needs and greater legal protections of transgendered people in Ireland. The grant is titled Building Sustainable LGBT Communities and is intended to be core support for TENI. Gradually released over a three year period, the funding was to support the development of an active and sustainable organisation to advocate for the needs and greater legal protections of transgendered people.

Description:

The twenty-eight page long document offers a glossary of transgender terminology, a guideline on how to support transgender friendly workplaces before discussing transgender people and workplace law as well as the role of the union in relation to the subject. Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI] jointly produced this publication, which was funded by funded by the European Social Fund 2007-2013 and by the Equality Authority of Ireland with the intention to promote equality and to help foster understanding of gender identity and transgender experiences in the workplace.

Type:

text and instructional materials 

Creator:

Transgender Equality Network Ireland, 2010 - and Irish Congress of Trade Unions, 1959

Subject:

Transgender Equality Network Ireland, Curated collection--Human rights, Curated collection--LGBTQ people, Curated collection--Grant documentation, Grant 18066, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Transgender people, Nonprofit organizations, Gender identity in the workplace, Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization), and Curated collection--Sara Phillips

Grant:

Grant 18066

Grantee:

Transgender Equality Network Ireland

Year of Grant:

2009

Location of Grantee:

Dublin

Rights:

The material is copyright of either Cornell University, The Atlantic Philanthropies, or where listed, the original authors or commissioning bodies. This collection is being made available under CC BY-NC-ND license, which allows users to access the material as long as the original copyright holder is credited; the material cannot be changed in any way or used commercially.

Attribution:

Cornell University Library, Digital Repository of Ireland, and The Atlantic Philanthropies

Doi:

https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.z3173m527