Under the Equality Act, any person who takes steps to reassign their gender or is perceived to have done so is protected from discrimination on that basis. It means that you cannot refuse to hire a person for being trans, fire them for being trans or refuse them goods or services for being trans. These protections also extend to family members and partners of trans people who are discriminated against because of their connection to the relevant trans person. While legislative protections are crucial, and their presence should not be taken for granted (only twenty-two US states currently
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