Sex DiscriminationEssay Preview: Sex DiscriminationReport this essayA pre-operative transsexual who claimed that she faced sex discrimination at work has settled her case with her employers for a confidential sum. Sharon Persky, an Audio Buying Manager, had worked for S Gold and Sons Ltd, an audio software wholesaler and distributor for more than 20 years. In January 2000 Sharon told her employers that she would begin her transition procedure and would eventually be attending work as a female. She claims that after informing her employers, their attitude towards her changed. Nearly three years after she had informed her employer, despite changing her name by deed poll, amending her details with her bank and other institutions, presenting full time as a female and taking medical advice, her employer still “considered her to be a man”.
S is the founder of the Voice of Change program for men, in which he works with a large number of experienced and dedicated women in transitioning to their male bodies. Since he speaks to a wide range of different genders and is involved in the movement both with men and women, S is involved in many of the leading activist, feminist and activist movements of the last 50 years. He is also president of Voice of Change Education, Inc., a New York-based organization of men’s organization. S is a member of the National and State Lesbian and Gay Advocates Association, of which he is president. He is a founder chair of the National Organization to End Sex Roles, a political and social organization of men’s group, and was its new chairman a year ago. He has co-authored over 100 books, including “Dancing with the Stars.” He is also co-chair of the National Organization to End Sex Roles in the American Human Male, an organization of people of all genders. He was a member of the National Alliance to End Sex Roles, which has had its own organization for the past 33 years. S started work for S Gold as an audio software software wholesaler in 1989. He had been a member of the Music Industries Association, and was one of twelve of the first members of this association to hold office in the United States. He began his career as an audio software software software technician. During the 1990s he was the chairman and co-director of two radio stations in Chicago, Chicago’s KFM, and KWAM in Springfield, Pennsylvania. He began his career as an audio hardware seller. At least part of the time he worked on audio hardware for the National Association to End Sex Roles, and on the National Alliance to End Sex Roles for the National Council on Social Justice, that was chaired by Dr. David Niskanen. S was also a member of the National and State Human Male Advocates Association, that was an organization of men’s group. While in Chicago in mid-1990s he began to see the importance of changing relationships. In 1990 S joined the National Organization to End Sex Roles to fight the unfair sex discrimination of the late 1970s/early 1980s. He is a co-Chair of the National Gay and Lesbian National Council, now run by men’s advocate and Human Rights activist Gloria Steinem, and an executive board member for the National Council on Social Justice and women’s center for gay rights, and co-founder of the Washington Women’s Center. During his time as president the organization advocated for social programs which would strengthen men’s equality. A few years later S co-founded the American Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Council, which advocated for equal pay for all. Over the next several years, S has organized a number of anti-discrimination and social justice organizations. He was a founding member of the Women’s Center for Progressive Change, also an organization of women’s advocates. In 1995 he was co-chair and co-chairman of the National Network of Gay and Lesbian Lawyers to End Sex Roles, which became part of the National Coalition for Men and Women’s Rights. A decade later he became a member of the National National Gay and Lesbian Alliance and became vice chairman of the American Human Male Coalition (NHLLC), with whom he worked for more than 60 years. In 1997 he was among the members of the National Institute of Human Rights who
She alleges that her employer:Provided her with toilet facilities without a light switch, washing or drying facilities and denied her access to female toilet facilitiesHumiliated her by telling her to join the queue of men waiting to be electronically scanned on leaving the premises for security reasons, or face disciplinary action despite allowing her to be searched by female staff for 9 months without question
Wrote letters, without consultation with Sharon, to her parents-in-law and partner asking for intimate details of Sharons life including whether she was having a “normal man and woman sexual relationship” with her partner, flouting Sharons privacy and family life and that of her partner.
Failed to take steps to prevent discrimination occurringJulie Mellor, Chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission said“This case highlights the need for employers to ensure that that they treat all their staff fairly including transsexuals. If problems arise, its important that a company has proper policies which are laid out and implemented so that everyone knows that harassment of any kind will not be tolerated.”
Sharon Persky said,“I am just glad that this case is over. Having worked for this firm for more than 20 years, I was very unhappy to find myself bringing this case. I am particularly pleased that the company has agreed to work with the EOC