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The cost of covering transgender employees' health needs proved relatively inexpensive compared to other health needs of the City and County of San Francisco's employees.San Francisco's transgender benefit was launched in 2001 for its self-funded plan and was designed based on rough, nonscientific data reviews dating back to 1997 using worst case assumptions to counter fears of unknown demand and high costs.Recommendations for businesses seeking to implement self-identification programs, including specific examples from eight interviewed employers.
Two-thirds (66 percent) of LGBT employees say one reason they are not open to everyone at work is because "it's nobody's business." However, further analysis of survey results reveals that this feeling is strongly tied to reported incidence of negative climate. Seven in 10 (72 percent) LGBT employees say they would self-disclose their sexual orientation or gender identity along with other demographic information in an anonymous human resources survey, while 18 percent say they would not self-disclose and 10 percent say they are not sure whether they would or not.
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