Thursday, July 7, 2011

Bishop Gene Robinson on HuffPo: Employees Should Be Judged on Performance, Not Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity

Bishop Robinson is the Ninth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire and a visiting Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, Washington, D.C.

Bishop Gene Robinson: Employees Should Be Judged on Performance, Not Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity: "She is surrounded by a work environment that is largely hostile to the fact that she once lived her life as a man but now finds a fulfilling life as the woman she was created to be. She lives in fear--not only of the violence so prevalent against transgender people (the murder rate for transgender people is astronomically high), but also the constant threat of losing her job because of her gender"