A presentation for a symposium on transgender rights in Malaysia. More at tsripunv.com

1. Creating Inclusive
Environments
T Sripunvoraskul
Senior Designer, 500 Startups
t@500.co @tsripunv 500.co

2. Content
-500 Startups
-Good HR practices and policies
-Impact of having inclusive policies
-Negative Impact of discrimination/exclusion
-Q&A

3. 500 Startups
500 Startups is a global venture capital seed fund with a network of startup programs
headquartered in Silicon Valley with over $300M in committed capital across 4 main funds and 13
micro funds. We have invested in 1,600 technology startups all over the world since our inception
in 2010 including: Twilio (NYSE: TWLO), Credit Karma, Grab, Udemy, Ipsy, TalkDesk, Intercom,
MakerBot (acq’d by SSYS), Wildfire (acq’d by GOOG), and Viki (acq’d by Rakuten).
Our team of 150 people based in 20 countries manage seed investments across 60 countries and
speak over 25 languages.
We interact with:
- LPs (limited partners)
- Founders and Entrepreneurs
- Investors
- Government officials
- Tech communities 500.co

4. Our Core Values
- Have Fun, Get Stuff Done (HFGSD)
- Move fast, break things
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Be Humble
500.co

6. Trans Stats for United States:
- 700,000-1,000,000 people are trans/GNC in U.S
(estimated 1% around the world)
- 15% unemployment rate, 3x more national
average of 5%
- 4x more suicide rate
- 77% said they hid, delayed transition, or quit job

7. I’m the first out genderqueer/trans employee

8. Good practices/HR for trans employees
1. Policies, legal protection, anti-discrimination
2. New hire training
3. Changing records, using right pronouns and names
4. Management team leads example
5. Coworkers being allies and educating others
6. Ability to talk about trans issues
7. Recruiting potential trans employees, speakers,
founders
8. Healthcare benefits
9. Bathroom guidelines

9. This business is dedicated to providing a harassment-free
event experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender
identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability,
physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or
lack thereof), or technology choice.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex,
gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, or
protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against
on the basis of disability.
Our non-discrimination clauses

13. - Higher productivity of employees
- Higher retention of employees
- Allies want to work with inclusive companies
- Employees can be out and not hide
- Broadening network of talent
- No judgment, harassment free
- Representation of the real world
Impact of Inclusive Policies

14. - Increase customers
- Lessen risks and legal action for trans discrimination
- To align with local, state, federal laws as humans
rights evolve
- Position company as more diverse externally and
internally
- Recruit/Retention of new talent of the new
generations
- Setting an example for other companies
- Built in humanitarian work by providing safe spaces
Other Reasons:

15. 82% of Fortune 500
have gender identity
protections
50% offer trans
health coverage
(in 2002, there were 0)

16. When companies aren’t inclusive

17. North Carolina HB2 in 2016
- Lost $600 million in 6
months
- Lost NBA Sponsor
- Lost Google, Paypal, Apple,
and other companies
- Some states banned from
sending employees
- Lost tourism
- Negative Branding PR

18. Negative Impact
- Hurt branding
- Hurt business
- Lose costumers
- Lose employees
- Lose money
- Lose reputation overseas
- Risk of not recruiting overseas talent

19. Q&A?

20. T Sripunvoraskul
Senior Designer, 500 Startups
t@500.co @tsripunv 500.co
Creating Inclusive
Environments

21. Resources
Guides
http://www.transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/USTS-Full-Report-FINAL.PDF
http://www.straightforequality.org/trans
http://www.outandequal.org/resources/workplace-transition-guidelines/
http://hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com//files/assets/resources/CEI-2017-
FinalReport.pdf
Case Studies
http://www.tgender.net/taw/SanFranciscoTGBenefitUpdateMar3106.pdf
http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2013/11/19/why-transgender-inclusion-good-
business
Organzations
Trans Equality
Human Rights Campaign
Out and Equal
California Transgender Workplace Project
Project Include
Lambda Legal
Transgender Law Center
Glaad
Gender Sanity