Successful corporations work to ensure that they employ the best and brightest. Employers want the full attention and energy of their employees focussed on performing their job in the most productive way possible. Energy directed into hiding part of one's identity is energy that cannot be used for job productivity. All GLBT employees have the rights to be who they are, to be able to be open about themselves in the workplace, and to be treated with the same acceptance and respect due all individuals.
Transgendered employees face many issues at work.
It is not sufficient to view being transgendered as a privacy issue. Many transgendered employees will prefer to keep their status private, and we should respect that choice. However, in many cases is it impossible or inappropriate to remain private. Employees should be free to come out at work without fear of negative consequences. This document outlines some of the major workplace needs of transgendered employees.