Alison Green writes the "Ask a Manager" workplace advice column, both on her personal blog and weekly for U.S. News & World Report's Web site. She is also the co-author of Managing to Change the World: The Nonprofit Leader's Guide to Getting Results.
This week, she addresses a reader question: is my transgendered coworker using the right bathroom?
A reader writes:
I have a question of how/if/when transgendered coworkers get to be treated as such in the workplace. Specifically, there is a man in our office (widely known as such) who wears women's clothing, hairstyles, shoes, makeup, etc. every day, and refers to himself as 'she'. Some women in the office have been claiming that his use of the women's restroom constitutes sexual harrassment. Employees of both sexes have claimed that if he is male, he's violating company conduct and dress codes by wearing women's clothing to work."
