Courtney Penniman is an Arizona transgender male who transitioned from female to male in February 2012. There has been a change in the attitude towards transgender people, much of it owed to the work of the LGBTQ community to gain civil rights for all people. Around the country, laws, policies and attitudes are changing, making life better for transgender people overall. More and more employers, for example, now have policies which ban discrimination based on gender identity; they recognize that intolerance is bad for business. In addition, 39% of people in America (as of January 2009) are covered by anti-discrimination laws that include gender identity.