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Judge performance, not gender identity

September 3, 2008 on 3:31 pm | In diversity, surveys | No Comments

Most Americans agree that transgender employees should be judged on performance, not on their gender identity, according to a new survey.

The research shows that 71% of heterosexual adults agree that job performance should be the measure of an employee, regardless of whether or not the employee is transgender.  The 2008 Out & Equal Workplace Survey was conducted online by Harris Interactive in conjunction with Out & Equal and Witeck-Combs Communications.

In other workplace news relating to the LGBT community, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation released its annual Corporate Equality Index, rating U.S. employers (using a 100-point scale) on their treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees.

I’m happy to report that my employer, Yahoo!, received a perfect 100 for the second year in a row.