A Leader's Guide to Supporting Transgender Employees

How HR Professionals Can Support Transgender Employees

For many transgender people, the deeply personal decision to transition is tied to freedom – the freedom to live their lives authentically, in expression of their true selves. Transitioning is not a single event, but an ongoing process that looks different for each person.

According to the Human Rights Campaign, transitioning is the complex process that some transgender people undergo in order to live more fully as their true gender. Transgender people may choose some, all, or none of the following approaches: 

• Social transition, such as changing one’s name and/or pronouns.
• Medical transition, which may include hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgeries.
• Legal transition, which may include changing one’s legal name and sex on government identity documents.