Google’s union, the Alphabet Workers Union, launched a petition on Tuesday titled “#DropTheDeadnames,” demanding that employees be permitted to use their chosen names on company ID badges. This campaign began after Phares Lee, a biological woman who is transgender, asked to have their “deadname” removed from their badge while employed by a subcontracting security firm to work at a Google data center in South Carolina. Their request was denied.
Addressed to Google’s Chief Diversity Officer, On-site Google Security Manager and Site Operations Manager, the petition began, “We believe Google and G4S must build a better workplace. That means creating a workforce that is more representative of our users, and a workplace that creates a sense of belonging for everyone.”
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