Employment - Los Angeles LGBT Center

Transgender Employment

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If you’re a transgender person struggling to find a job, the Center can help. We offer job-readiness assistance and can connect you with trans-welcoming employers.

The Center's Transgender Economic Empowerment Project (TEEP) offers a wide range of services to help transgender people find employment and to help make workplaces more welcoming to trans people. We also host transgender career fairs routinely attended by dozens of employers.

The Transgender Youth Employment Toolkit as a resource for case managers and others to assist them in helping to prepare transgender youth for the workforce. The toolkit is available in print and online at http://lalgbtcenter.org/social-service-and-housing/transgender/t2w.

Client services include:

Legal name and gender change assistance
Career development support and counseling
Resume preparation
Leads on jobs with trans-welcoming employers
Job interview workshops and mock interviews
Access to interview appropriate-attire
Referrals to other local and national resources

Topics of trainings/support for employers include:

Laws that protect gender identity and expression
Mitigating the risk of legal discrimination claims by staying ahead of evolving local, state and federal laws
Making the workplace a culturally inclusive environment

For more information, call 323-993-7410 or email [email protected]

Major funding for the Transgender Economic Empowerment Project is provided by City of West Hollywood and through a generous grant from Citi Community Development.

City of West Hollywood and Citibank