Transgender people are disproportionately affected by workplace discrimination. In 2011, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the National Center for Transgender Equality released the report "Injustice at Every Turn," which detailed the discrimination faced by transgender and gender nonconforming people. . The report finds that across all employment sectors, 90% of respondents said they had experienced harassment or mistreatment at work or had taken steps to avoid it, and 47% had experienced some sort of negative outcome at work (did not get a job, were denied a promotion, or were fired), including 26% who lost their jobs because they were transgender (Grant et al. 51-53). In the public sector specifically, there are about a million gay and transgender people working in state and local governments, or about 5.4 million people. percent of the public sector workforce (Burns 8). The Center for American Progress released the report "Gay and Transgender Discrimination in the Public Sector," which examines the effects of employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the sector audience. The report does not distinguish between gay and transgender populations in some of its data analyses, but it adequately articulates the discrimination experienced specifically by transgender people in the public sector. The report reveals the following findings: • In 2008, more than half of gay or transgender K-12 transgender teachers employed in public schools reported feeling unsafe at work; 35 percent feared losing their jobs and 27% reported being harassed in the past year.• In 2009, 19% of gay or transgender faculty and staff at public colleges and universities. reported being discriminated against and in middle of paper ...... Nondiscrimination Act. American Civil Liberties Union. Internet. November 20, 2013. Grant, Jaime M., Lisa A. Mottet, Justin Tanis, Jack Harrison, Jody L. Herman and Mara Keisling. “Injustice at Every Moment: Report of the National Inquiry into Transgender Discrimination, Executive Summary.” » Washington: National Center for Transgender Equality and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. 2011.Web. November 15, 2013. Grossman, Joanna L. "EEOC Rules Transgender Discrimination Is Sex Discrimination: The Reasoning Behind It." » Justis.com. May 1, 2012. the web. November 16, 2013. Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, 490 US 228, 251. Supreme Court of the United States. 1989. the web. November 18, 2013. Schroer v. Billington, 577 F. Supp. 2d 293. District Court, District of Columbia. 2008. Web November 20, 2013. Smith v. Salem, 378 F.3d 566. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit. August 5, 2004. The web. November 16. 2013.