Out Now Global LGBT 2020 Study

How should one go about keeping a secret that they badly want to tell the world, and yet, are muted by the possible repercussions? Like a young boy or girl wanting to tell their crush their feelings for them, or that one quiet kid who really wants to speak infront of the class. This is exactly how transgender people feel in the workplace.
Many of the transgender people in the workplace, as described by the Out Now Global LGBT 2020 study, are scared to come out: “Almost one in two trans respondents feel that coming out will definitely or probably hurt their career prospect…” ( Higginbottom 2). An example of descrimination against transgender people can be seen more in certain work places: The financial sector has in many ways traditionally
At Mr. Nakagawa’s first job, he was about 25 years old when he met a co-worker named Mike. Mr. Nakagawa had never really encountered a transgender person before in his life and never formed an opinion on the subject. At the age of 26, Mr. Nakagawa began to notice some thing “different” about his new friend, Mike. So when Mike finally “came out” and identified herself as a female, she had no idea what to expect. She changed her name from Mike to Candace and began to dress as a female. All she wanted to do was to leave the current workplace in fear of being attacked for gender identification. This event is similar to in Night, when the narrator, Elie Weisel, desperately wants to leave for Palestine: “[He] had asked [his] father to sell everything, to liquidate everything, and to leave” (Wiesel 9). However, sticking it out was initially a bad idea for both Candace and Elie. Candace was not greeted nicely by the secretary in her work deparment whom cried when she saw Candace. And Elie was eventually enslaved in the concentration camp based his father’s decision to stay. But luckily for Candace, she was quickly accepted by her male
Nakagawa shared concerning transgenders in the workplace.
Throughout the interview, Mr. Nakagawa was very sincere and serious regarding this topic. The final thought that Mr. Nakagawa wanted to explain to everyone was how this event changed his life. He articulated, “I never knew a transgender before I met Candace, and I didn’t understand how they felt being trapped in a body that they shouldn’t have. After meeting and getting to know [Candace], she was just like any other person… and the friendship made me a lot more empathetic to their plight.”
As it can be seen by Mr. Nakagawa’s actions, it provided Candace with the foundation to live a happier life. It did not harm Mr. Nakagawa to be nice and supportive of his co-worker and it was very rewarding to Candace. All he had to do was get to know Candace to realize her suffering and try to help. By treating Candace like any other human being, he can remain open minded on transgender subjects. Unlike Mr. Nakagawa, there are many companies and workers who leave transgenders as targets for harrassment, treating them like trash. The one thing that people must do before judging another is to get to know and understand that person and their problems. Just realize that transgenders are people