The District of Columbia also has laws in place, but for 32 states, transgender people can still be fired or denied employment for their identity (Thapoung). This means that it is legal for employers to fire them and not hire them just because of who they are; human beings who have changed their gender identity. More than four in ten transgender people (44%) currently working are underemployed (transgender workers). In one case, Georgia Carter was hired at a KFC restaurant, but when employers discovered through her driver's license that she was actually born male, they fired her immediately. Giving the excuse that they fired her because they didn't know which bathroom she should use. There are many other examples of transgender firings and there are no laws to stop this from happening. When transgender people have jobs, some experience sexual harassment and others receive discrimination from colleagues. A staggering 90% of transgender workers report some form of harassment or mistreatment at work (Burns). This means that almost all transgender people experience some form of harassment in a professional setting. A place you go to earn money to support yourself and possibly
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