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Transgender people twice as likely to be unemployed: Study

By Luke Gentile
Published December 15, 2021 4:26pm ET
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Transgender people twice as likely to be unemployed: Study
Protesters hold signs at a rally in support of transgender youth, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, at the Stonewall National Monument in New York. They were demonstrating against President Donald Trump's decision to roll back a federal rule saying public schools had to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their chosen gender identity. | (Kathy Willens/AP)

Transgender people are twice as likely to be unemployed as nontransgender people, according to a study posted Wednesday.

Roughly 30% who identify as transgender are not in the workforce, McKinsey & Company reported in its diversity and inclusion study.

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