PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
Denied Equal Treatment in Public Accommodations
125
Denied Equal Treatment or Service at Any Location of Public Accommodation by Gender Identity/Expression
Forty-four percent (44%) of 44% of respondents respondents reported being reported being denied denied equal treatment or equal treatment at service at least once at one a place of public or more of the types of public accommodation. accommodation covered in this survey. Experiences differ depending on race, income, employment status, gender, transition status, visual non-conformity and whether the respondent had ID documents consistent with his or her gender identity/expression. Those who had lost their jobs due to discrimination and those who have worked in the underground economy reported the highest rate of discrimination in public accommodations, at 67% and 63%, respectively.
100 90 80 70 60 50
50% 44%
44%
Overall Sample
MTF
46%
46%
All Trans
GNC
40 30 20 10 0
FTM
Denied Equal Treatment or Service at Any Location of
American Indian (49%), Latino/a (50%) and multiracial (57%) respondents reported higher rates of gender identity/expression discrimination in public accommodation than the full sample.
Public Accommodation by Household Income
100
Denied Equal Treatment or Service at Any Location
90
of Public Accommodation by Race
80 70
100
60
90
50
80
40
70
30 57%
60 50
44%
50%
49% 39%
40
42%
53% 44%
53% 46% 37%
36%
20 10
42%
0
30
Overall Sample
Under $10K $10K-under $20K-under $50K-under $20K $50K $100k
$100K+
20 10 0
Overall Sample
American Indian
Asian
Black
Latino/a
White
Multiracial
Respondents with household incomes of $50,000 a year or less reported higher rates of discrimination in public accommodation than those in households with incomes over $50,000 a year. Respondents who were currently unemployed reported discrimination in public accommodations at a rate 6 percentage points higher than the full sample. Transgender men reported a higher rate of discrimination in public accommodation (50%) than transgender women (44%).
Noticeable differences in experiences of discrimination in public accommodations appear based on the age a respondent began living full-time in a gender other than that assigned at birth, current transition status, and whether a person has undergone any medical or surgical transition procedures. Those who began living full-time at a younger age seem to have experienced more discrimination in public accommodations than those who began living full-time at an older age, possibly because they are able to report about discrimination over a longer period of time.
“A lot of people tell me I’m lucky because I ‘pass’ and am considered beautiful as a transgender woman, but... I sure don’t feel lucky. I’m always fearful every time I step out the door into the real world, that someone will harass or physically harm me.”