transgender and nonbinary people are those who identify with a different gender to the sex that they were assigned when they were born. here in the uk alone, more than a quarter of a million people identify as transgender. that s according to the official government census. and in the united states, it s estimated more than 2 million people identify as transgender. just recently, uganda became the latest country where strict or stricter anti lg btq legislation is being introduced, laws which, in this case, include the death penalty. but even in america, transgender adults are twice as likely to be out of work. when they do find a job, they earn a third less than non transgender people with the same qualifications. and more than half say that they re not comfortable being out as transgender at work. that s according to a report by the global consultancy group mckinsey and company. i m going to catch up with the author of that report in just a minute. but before that, we re goi
and stop them claiming asylum here. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go take a look at what s on the show. what do we want? trans rights! when do we want it? now! transgender people and their struggle in the workplace. as pride month kicks off around the world, we re going to ask why many don t come out, and what happens at work when they do. could including more trans people in the workplace add billions a year to our economies? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two, there they are. jill zucker, author of a landmark report on the issue for mckinsey and company in new york, and caroline farberger, who came out as a transgender woman, and now runs one of europe s leading technology investment companies. also on the show, a story of how one of the world s most powerful businessmen was brought down when a newspaper published details of his private life, outing him
and caroline farberger, who came out as a transgender woman, and now runs one of europe s leading technology investment companies. also on the show, a story of how one of the world s most powerful businessmen was brought down when a newspaper published details of his private life, outing him as a gay man. we talk pride, power, and coming out with the former chairman of bp, lord browne. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. underrepresented, underemployed and underpaid. that s the experience of transgender people in the workplace, even in countries where their rights at work are protected by law. transgender and nonbinary people are those who identify with a different gender to the sex that they were assigned when they were born. here in the uk alone, more than a quarter of a million people identify as transgender. that s according to the official government census. and in the united states, its estimated more
X has significantly less content moderators compared to TikTok, Google, YouTube. Elon Musk reportedly only has 2,294 content moderators on X, thousands lower compared to 16,974 at Google's YouTube, 7,319 at Google Play and 6,125 at TikTok as reportedly claimed by the European Union.
Melissa Ingle used to work in content moderation at Twitter, specialising in political misinformation, and now she's warned that disinformation across the site could have very real world consequences