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Rensselaer researcher publishes groundbreaking study on labor market discrimination against transgender people - EurekAlert


In 2020, the United States Supreme Court ruled in <em>Bostock vs. Clayton County</em> that transgender people are legally protected from employment discrimination. This came at a time of increased visibility, but also of legal and social challenges to the rights of transgender individuals. Meanwhile, there has been very little study of labor market discrimination against them. Rensselaer researcher Billur Aksoy, Ph.D., has recently conducted an innovative survey of Americans&rsquo; attitudes toward transgender people in the workplace. &nbsp;

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