Pleasantly surprised to see this podcast pop up in my FB newsfeed.   It was of particular interest to me as a past IPELRA President (2007-09) and as the mother of an adult transgender daughter who came out to us shortly after I retired and moved to th Northeast (Rhode Island).  Our daughter now lives in Seattle, WA.  I am the volunteer Northeast Regional Director for PFLAG.  So I have a vested interest in how public sector organizations are working to make sure they are truly inclusive for all who use and work in their facilities.  Working with members of the transgender community to put together your policies and best practices is critical to successful implementation.  The only suggestion I would have in developing forms/registrations is to actually have a third box with just a line next to it for those who neither identify as male or female.  A number of trans folks I’ve talked with seem to prefer having a third option, as not all transgender people identify on the binary.

In part two of their discussion at the 40th Illinois Public Employer Labor Relations Association Annual Conference, transgender panelist Sophie Michaels, Palatine Park District’s Michael Clark, and Ancel Glink’s Keri-Lyn Krafthefer talk about best practices in policy development for all-inclusive public facilities, staff training, and options available to make facilities accommodating to transgender individuals. Specifically, Mike talks about his experience making public facilities accessible to transgender individuals. Has your organization adopted policies encouraging inclusive facilities?  Tell us about it, podcast@ancelglink.com! 

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Producers: Christy Michaelson, Matt DiCianni
Executive Producers: Keri-Lyn Krafthefer, Julie Tappendorf
Chair: Daniel J. Bolin
Engineers: Ricardo Perez, Matt Smith

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#13.5 Transgender People and Public Facilities (Part 2), Live from #IPELRA18!

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#13.5 Transgender People and Public Facilities (Part 2), Live from #IPELRA18!

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