The Intersectional Benefits of Upholding Gender Equitable Workplaces

An alarming 82% of transgender employees have experienced workplace discrimination or harassment related to their gender identity or sexual orientation. 48% of transgender people reported leaving a job at some point in their life due to discrimination, unequal work environments, and/or local laws that made them feel unsafe.*

Upholding equitable workplace policies is a direct way to support and empower employees with marginalized gender identities. Such policies bring intersectional benefits that ripple throughout a business, and support broader aims of gender, economic, and racial justice.

• For Business: The benefits of maintaining gender equitable workplaces and policies include increased profitability, market valuation, brand loyalty, employee retention, and productivity rates.

• For Gender Justice: Inclusive workplace policies – like access to healthcare, empowered employee resource groups (ERGs), and expansive family benefits – are an essential way to help women, transgender, and gender expansive employees feel more connected and valued at work while strengthening bodily autonomy.

• For Economic Justice: In states and workplaces with protective laws, inclusive policies, and equal access to healthcare, trans people are more likely to be employed and report job satisfaction.
  
• For Racial Justice: Ensuring equitable and inclusive workplaces is also a matter of safety and survival for trans people of color, who face disproportionately higher rates of violence, homelessness, and fatal outcomes. Inclusive workplaces increase job and housing security for this at-risk population.

* Sources:  Brad Sears, et al, “Workplace Experiences of Transgender Employees,” Williams Institute UCLA (November 2024). Rastogi, A., et al, “US Trans Survey,” ustranssurvey.org (June 2025).

Take Action With Our Investor Toolkit

Ready to help us and our partners advance gender equitable workplaces for employees of all gender identities? Our Investor Toolkit includes all the resources you’ll need to deepen your understanding, advocate for the issue within your own networks, take collective action with other investors, and align your portfolio with the cause.

• Download the Upholding Gender Equitable Workplaces Handbook for Employers & Investors
• Amplify your investor power and sign the Investor Statement in Support of Gender Equitable Workplaces
• Consider divesting from and/or engaging with any portfolio holdings listed in our Investor Dataset, included below, which lists the companies that do not offer trans healthcare and partner benefits.
• Support our Social Justice Partners at Trans Women of Color Collective
• Join the Gender Equitable Workplaces Investor Coalition by emailing impact@adasina.com

Our Social Justice Partner