27% of transgender workers reported being fired, not hired, or denied promotion in 2016-2017 [2]. That's ~530,000 people [1], and really just the tip of the ice

27% of transgender workers reported being fired, not hired, or denied promotion in 2016-2017 [2]. That's ~530,000 people [1], and really just the tip of the ice-berg. Until like 2 weeks ago that was completely legal federally, and in the states where it's most prevalent. Three of my high school teachers were fired for being gay. One of them was outed by a parent who lived next door. I was fired from my first job (at a secular for-profit company) for not tithing. High-profile social media blowups are really trivial compared to the work-a-day homophobia and borderline theocracy that pervades vast swathes of America's land mass. This is where I sort of miss the boat on the concern about cancel culture. Yes, those people shouldn't lose their jobs for expressing themselves. But also, where the hell has all this outrage been while LGBT people have been systematically excluded from any public-facing employment in huge swathes of the country? [1] https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/trans-adults-united-states/ https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/trans-ad... [2] https://www.lgbtmap.org/file/LGBT-Workers-3-Pager-FINAL.pdf https://www.lgbtmap.org/file/LGBT-Workers-3-Pager-FINAL.pdf