HR Magazine - Diversity: interview with Fiona Cannon, director of diversity and inclusion at Lloyds Banking Group

UK-based Lloyds Banking Group talks diversity:

HR Magazine - Diversity: interview with Fiona Cannon, director of diversity and inclusion at Lloyds Banking Group: "In other words, LBG has twigged to the amount of money that comes into the bank from diverse customer bases - and for them to wish to bank with Lloyds, customers need to engage with staff they can empathise with.

'Half our customers are women,' Cannon explains. 'Three million of our customers have a disability. The disabled market is worth �80 billion a year to the economy and this is set to grow with an ageing population.'

The same is true for ethnic minority customers - worth a potential estimated �103 billion annually to the country, according to Cannon - as well as the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) market, thought to be worth �70 billion."

FAQ: The Employment Non-Discrimination Act

Another good article from the Center For American Progress:

FAQ: The Employment Non-Discrimination Act: "FAQ: The Employment Non-Discrimination Act
What You Need to Know"

Gay and Transgender Discrimination Outside the Workplace

From the Center For American Progress, a good review of the issues:

Gay and Transgender Discrimination Outside the Workplace: "Gay and Transgender Discrimination Outside the Workplace
Why We Need Protections in Housing, Health Care, and Public Accommodations"

Alaska sued in transgender driver's license case - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Alaska sued in transgender driver's license case - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee: "The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the state of Alaska on behalf of a transgender woman, alleging that it denied her a driver's license listing her gender as female unless she provided proof that she'd undergone a sex change operation.

The lawsuit, which ACLU said was filed in state court in Anchorage Monday, states that denying the woman a license that accurately reflects her gender identity because she hasn't undergone surgery is unconstitutional."

Working While Transgender: An Occupational Hazard?

A well-written article on Huffington Post:

Ilene H. Lang: Working While Transgender: An Occupational Hazard?

A Mother’s Transition Story: Part 1: The Beginning - Ferndale, MI Patch

Editor's note: The author and her son are using pseudonyms for this article. This is not due to any sense of shame on their parts. It is done to protect Kyle, who does not want his employment jeopardized. Michigan law does not protect transgender employees.

A Mother’s Transition Story: Part 1: The Beginning - Ferndale, MI Patch: "Editor's note: The author and her son are using pseudonyms for this article. This is not due to any sense of shame on their parts. It is done to protect Kyle, who does not want his employment jeopardized. Michigan law does not protect transgender employees."

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"