Inclusive Recruitment: Exploring Theories, Legal Aspects, and Trans Talent in the Corporate World

Abstract

The labor market is accompanied by mechanisms that distinguish and separate certain groups from society, regardless of the capabilities and capacities of individuals. There are a series of social and cultural practices that condition the exclusion of trans people in different areas, particularly in the labor sector. A research with qualitative, exploratory, flexible design methodology was carried out with the objective of identifying the barriers in the hiring process of a trans person in a company of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires in the period from May to July 2022. After the development of this research, it was described how gender stereotypes typical of the heteropatriarchal system interfere negatively in the labor insertion of trans women. The recent research analyzed highlights the inequalities and exclusions that this group still suffers, both internationally and in the local context. Specifically in Argentina, it is observed that years after the enactment of the Gender Identity Law and the achievements made in recent years in terms of recognition, there is still resistance to change and evident forms of discrimination against this group in terms of labor market insertion.