This archive report was first published on 10 December 2019.
On December 10, 2019, a landmark case in China brought attention to the struggles of the country's LGBT community. A Chinese transgender woman, Yang, had undergone gender-reassignment surgery earlier that year and was subsequently fired from her job.
Yang's case has sparked debate about employment discrimination against transgender individuals in China. The country's laws do not explicitly prohibit such discrimination, leaving many members of the LGBT community vulnerable to unfair treatment in the workplace.
