Many transgender people said they had faced discrimination in interviews

Almost half of transgender people are unemployed, a survey by the Think-tank for Action on Social Change has found.

Among the 51 per cent cent who had jobs, many settled for dismal salaries, the group’s research showed. The think tank said that there was high unemployment among transgender people because of discrimination in job interviews and harassment in the workplace.

It found that only 37 per cent of the 164 transgender people interviewed earned over €15,000 a year. Thirty-one per cent of made over €20,000 a year.

Many complained that they were not treated equally, either in job interviews or in employment, with 43 per cent saying they faced harassment, unfair treatment or unfair discrimination because they were transgender.

The findings are included in Cherishing