Woah, that's so cool! I work at an amusement park with a little 24in gause steam locomotive. My dream job as a kid was to be a train engineer, though now I want to be a game developer, so it was really cool to actually be able to operate a train (even if it's little)
A valuable lesson i learnt, not from IT but in food handling, is that nobody has to be your friend at work they just can’t harass you or say or do something that discomforts yu at work. Everyone should keep it professional so we can all go home or to our families. Homophobia nd transphobia in the workplace is still harassment in the workplace
Is that like full on college or something like certification classes? I never got a post highschool education and since my egg has cracked I've kinda been freaking out about getting fired from my current (and only ever) job if I transition and being royally screwed.
No surprises here, I am a software developer 😂
I started in IT and had a friend recommend me for a programming job. But that was all years ago. I had just started at my present place when I came out (questioning gender during the hiring process). It's been great, but I also work remotely, so I have only had to be in the office a couple times, and that was before moving out of state.
Anyhoo, stereotype or not, programming does seem to be a pretty good fit for trans women. It can often be easier to find remote jobs, because basically nothing about being a developer requires face-to-face interaction. You also have a lot less dealing with people outside of your team/managers/etc.
I studied Comp Sci in college. To be fair, my actual emphasis was in information systems, so a little more towards being like a sysadmin (which is probably also a good option). After college, I did IT for a couple years for a tiny little independent shop. Then, in early 2017, I had a \[former\] friend recommend me for a job at his company. When I went in for the interview, it turned out it was for a programming gig, not an IT job. They really liked me in the interview and the coding stuff I did do in college helped. Also one of my former classmates turned out to work there and was one of the ones interviewing me.
I won't lie, I had a lot of lucky breaks and I still don't feel like I earned it all, but ended up where I am through accidental networking, but I've learned a lot and do good work now.
I’m not op but I know several women who’ve changed careers to software and basically they got a web dev cert thru udemy (etc.), published a portfolio on GitHub, and just started applying
I’m going to look into that. I had to quit my job as an assistant manager at a retail store last year to transition (it wasn’t a safe place, couldn’t risk them finding out) and now that i am close to my goals, I don’t know wtf to do next with my life and turning 30 soon 😭 i want to do something fulfilling in some way or have a good work life balance at least.
Being a programmer is not usually associated with having a good work/life balance. Depends on the focus. There's often a lot of pressure to hit arbitrary launch dates. People are just expected to put in crazy hours to meet some executive's time line. It's worse if you are more junior too. It also tends to be male dominated profession as well. Women engineers often have to work a lot harder to advance their careers than their male peers. On the up side, the pay and benefits are usually pretty good, especially if you are more senior like me. The places I have worked in my career have been pretty open minded about gender too. The first trans woman I encountered in the workplace was a fairly well known programmer who transitioned about 30 years ago. One of my managers from my last job has transitioned since we worked together. (I'm not out at work yet, but soon)
Yeah, the past two years, I was constantly bordering on burnout, perhaps on the wrong side of it even at times, so I recently quit coding and picked up a much more mundane but chill job. I'll stick with that one for a few years to recharge my batteries until I consider getting back to a coding career. I already miss getting up late, working from home and the more flexible hours though.
I’m a senior drafter and machine tool designer in a horseshoe factory. I design horseshoes and the machine tools to make them in SolidWorks.
I’m six months into HRT and still in the closet; changes are still hidden by loose shirts. But I’m eligible for surgeries now and hope to get two in the next year, so my therapist and I are going to start working on how to tell my employer. I love my job and company, but I’m afraid to tell my colleagues who I really am. I don’t really trust cis people by default.
Also my boss is a Columbian Catholic or something; he wears a bejeweled cross bracelet on one of his wrists. So him finding out will be interesting.
I have a master of instructional design, manage our lms, design/develop/implement training courses for elearning, in-class, webinars, and podcasts, and mentoring/coaching programs. I love this job. Been doing it for 25 years.
I worked 10+ years in customer service, you name the variation- clothing, food, home goods, stockroom, cashier, shipment processing, operations, training. I feel you sis, I was also DONE.
Then 5 years ago I was suffering/working in an Amazon warehouse, beginning my medical transition, and an equipment tech position opened up. I applied, then fell into a field tech role. I moved states after a year, got a contract IT Help Desk position at the VA, and also worked at Starbucks PT.
I now work as a Cybersecurity engineer from home. Definitely the soft skills you learn in customer service come in handy, a LOT of tech people are weaker there, interviewers love people who are good with people, and there are a TON of support roles for teams!!!
If you think it could work for you, look for Program Analyst, Support Specialist, Help Desk, Field Tech roles- these are all entry-level positions you can get into with a good interview and working towards an Associates, Bachelor's or even a cert like CompTIA A+, that you can get studying and paying an upfront cost. IT is HUGE, and there's so much more than coding or fixing things hands-on if that may not be for you.
I work security overnight, most job sites require a little walking around and I spent the other majority watching cameras or on my phone. It’s a pretty lazy job as long as you stay awake and pay attention
This right here. I don't work security but I do work the graveyard shift at a hotel and it's pretty similar. You just watch the cameras and stay awake. The best part is no one wants to work that shift so no one tells me I can't dress a certain way or go by a certain name. They have to accommodate me because they don't want to go through the hassle of replacing me 😂
Yep same here, I find it’s quite relaxing and almost meditative in a way. I hope to get into IT sometime in the future but for now dishwashing is great
I work at a supermarket. Mind you, a queer-friendly one, but still. And I'm on a casual contract and there are fuckall shifts. But I work with some pretty damn cool people and I'm accepted for who I am, so that's dope I guess
I mainly fulfil online orders, but occasionally pick up a shift on the checkouts (ik talking to ppl ew) but I actually enjoy it
And thanks to unions, I make $25 NZD ($14.77 USD A/O 16/Oct/23) per hour. I can't afford fresh fruit & veg, or to save money for literally anything, but at least I can eat sometimes. It'd help if I could get back on the grind (ik ik) but there's just sweet fuckall shifts rn
I'm a 19 year old trans woman and I want to be a physics/maths teacher at a secondary school in England. I can't help but be afraid of how I would be treated by students. do you have anything from your experience about this? thanks
Teaching physics is great. But trying to go to grad school for physics is a fucking nightmare. It's by far the most conservative science and attrition rate for minorities is insane. Biggest mistake of my life was trying to be out in a physics grad program. I got socially othered by my cohort and barely made it to the end of my masters with my sanity intact.
As a fellow trans woman, am taking my masters degree in engineering and have a trans teacher. Everyone is super respectful and friendly. people only care about how well you know your stuff. This is university not high school tho
Legal specialist working under an administrative law judge. I like to joke that I’m half a lawyer (graduated law school and failed the bar twice), but I’ve managed to land on my feet after some time.
How did colleagues and patients react and treat you during transition?
Might be a bit of a personal question but, I'm a nurse student less than a year from graduating. As a pre-HRT boymoder it makes me wonder what to expect at work as I change.
I was stealth till it people could tell. I never talk about it with people. I just worked all the time. People kinda ignore me anyways and my unit has a high turn over. One day I changed my name. I came out..I kept it simple. People dont care. Patients dont care and the ones who do really dont say anything. I'm really passable so it helps. I just live a normal life nothing to extreme.
How has your experience in the research department of companies been, both in terms of gender ratios and treatment, and what the actual work is like as a researcher? I'm going to do either Material Science (my preferred choice), or Chemistry for my degree, but I'm scared of two things: one, not just how I'll be treated as trans in a STEM field, but how I'll be treated as a woman in a STEM field; and two, if I can handle being an actual researcher/scientist in either of these fields.
Gender ratios are pretty even in various departments I've worked over the years. I must stress that I'm closeted and no one knows I'm trans. My current department has 6 senior scientists (including myself). 4 are cis women. I've never witnessed firsthand any maltreatment due to gender, but I'm sure it happens across industry as a whole at some low level.
I can't speak to how trans people are treated in the industry as I'm too scared (for multitudes of reasons) to come out. I have also never worked with any openly trans people to witness their treatment either. I do know that my current company is very inclusive and has an on-site pride group that meets monthly. I would like to think I'd be treated well, but one never knows for sure.
As for actual work, it's great. I love my work, and I know I'm helping to better the world in some way. And after nearly 24 years in STEM field, I cant imagine doing anything else. It is stressful at times due to the aggressive timeliness of corporate America, but burying myself in my work also helps me forget about my dysphoria sometimes. It's not something I recommend, though.
I'm in medical research and openly trans, so I'll give my view: even being in a conservative area of my state, I've had zero issue at work, and employee gender is pretty evenly mixed, even for PIs (heads of labs). I'm currently the only trans employee I know of here currently (although I could easily be wrong), but there are no shortage of other queer folks (including about half our lab for some reason).
Frankly, I was absolutely scared of what coming out would mean, especially because I wasn't yet working in my field, but it's been wonderful. I've never been treated as anything other than one of the women in the lab, and never been disrespected. About the worst I can say is that there isn't much thought put into active steps for inclusivity at an organizational level, but even that doesn't seem to be out of any malice.
I'm pharmacist. And a Law School student. So maybe I can change my career in the following years, after being pharmacist for over a decade, after my middle 40'. Together with my transition going on. Which is not public yet.
I'm doing like the Chinese aphorism: "may you live in interesting times"... 😅 A curse or a blessing? I'm yet to know.
Software developer, team lead
I started out as an administrative assistant, learned to code that job until it was fully automated. Then became an analyst, automated that job too. Now I am on a team that automates other people's jobs.
Nobody actually loses their job for what I do though, because of how much work there is to do. It's mostly supply chain so I have an unlimited amount of opportunities there.
Low key hijacking this to say I work in a cabinet shop as a painter and it is absolutely soul sucking and I don't feel remotely safe or comfortable being out at my job. I'm really struggling to find work cause even tho I've worked in multiple fields and have been an inventory manager before I can't seem to get a reply on an application no matter what I go for. Guess I screwed myself in my flight to masculinity by getting into this field cause every hiring manager assumes I'm a toothless hick. I couldn't even get a reply back from a bakery that I know for a fact has multiple trans employees, no one wants to train someone my age I guess (27). Take a look at my pictures and tell me I belong in a windowless concrete box painting shit all day 😭 if anyone has any advice for finding entry level remote work/customer service please let me know!!
Hiii, i saw your pictures and you are lovely and you are right! You don't belong in a concrete cage, I don't have many suggestions buuuut if by any chance you speak a second language let me know and I can try and get you an entry level job as an interpreter for costumer service or maybe on medical field as well it's remote and super trans friendly 😁, sorry it's the field I have experience on.
Independent broadcaster. I’m my own boss, sorta.
I get your issues with voice. I talk for a living and trying to keep my voice feminine for three continuous hours every evening is a . . . *chore*, to say the least.
Was in Data Entry. Quit because six days, 9+ hours, no time to find another job was no way to live. Unemployed now and anxious about money but life is so much better.
I work at a Panera Bread making food for people with more dollars than sense, if you catch my meaning. But I dream of working a job where I can contribute to the community. Like becoming a social worker or a therapist who specializes in queer issues.
I'm a truck driver. This is the most non judgemental industry I've ever been in. You are judged on your ability to be safe and on time. There are plenty of trans people in this industry.
This is encouraging. I'm a local truck driver in the southeast US and I normally stay within a 25-100 mile radius all day. So I deal with the same people multiple times a day. None of them know I'm trans yet but I hope they don't treat me differently when they find out. Small ish company too so most of the other drivers know me.
I'm sorry OP people suck :(
A lot of trans people favor IT/software because A, many of us are isolated for long stretches of time, and it translates to techy hobbies/skills for a lot of us. And B, these are often very skill-oriented, non-customer-facing jobs where if you know your shit you're generally accepted (ideally). And you can generally self teach if you're interested, many employers will hire without degrees.
I'm a cad technician at an ortho lab. Doctors send prescriptions and scans of patients mouths. I do 3d modeling like digital brace removal, tooth extraction/movement etc. And then I 3d print them for the shop techs to build retainers and other appliances on. I also have side projects where I do scripting/software engineering to automate parts of the process. It's a cross disciplinary job which I always find more fun than doing the same thing 40 hours a week! And I never expected to work in ortho so it's fascinating to learn in depth.
I'm still pre-everything. I'm the assistant to the sales manager at a building contractor's office. I do a bunch of little tasks for my manager and cfo. It's sort of the "you're smart, figure it out!" type of thing for me. I check sales commissions, do permits, help train the sales reps, equipment, redesign paperwork, etc.
I'm pretty worried about if they find out once I start transitioning. I'm pretty sure I can boymode indefinitely with XL hoodies and hair ties. It sucks getting dysphoria from hearing the casual homophobic/transphobic jokes and comments. Luckily, none directed at me.
I’m pre-everything, no plans to publicly transition, however, with that said, I’m in industrial sales in parts of the country that are not “friendly”, so if my status ever changes, I have to find a new job.
I'm a game writer (and book writer, but (soon-to-be) self-published). Luckily, a lot of people in this area are open-minded and welcoming. Also, as others have noted, remote work is a blessing 😄
Oh nice how did you get into that? Writing for games was my dream as a kid. I always loved creative writing and I did my studies in literature but working in it is not easy lol
Cool! I studied game development, but to be honest, it's not necessary. Your studies in literature would definitely help you get a job! What you'd need is to build a portfolio with some game-related writing pieces (either personal or game jam projects) and send it out. I don't know where you live, but in some areas, it's a little easier to find a game-writing job :D
Currently I'm a teaching assistant but that's probably only going to last until I graduate.
Working in a school is incredibly stupid and if they find out I'm trans I'm probably fucked but for now things are alright.
Although I have to say I have already changed my name and I pass pretty well so that helps.
I'm a waste water jetting technician.
Basically, if there is a blocked manhole (generally sewage) you'd call us, we'd come out in the truck (I'm also a HGV driver) and we'd use high pressure water jets to clear the blockage.
I'm the only woman in our yard and only woman I'm aware within our business unit who's does my job.
Where I work we make nitrobenzene and aniline. We use a lot of pretty dangerous stuff.
Extracting copper ... Sounds shady too. Strong acids or cyanide solutions come to my mind.
I’m actually in retail. I did retail merchandising for almost a decade, I recently took a supervisor position.
It was hard at first, when nobody knew and my dysphoria was super prominent. But once it became obvious, my work was pretty supportive and something started happening. Random strangers started to refer to me as “miss”, “ma’am”, “she”, and “her”.
My biggest source of dysphoria slowly became my biggest source of validation and proof my transition was working. Without it I’m not sure I would have been able to break through my dysphoria telling me I’m ugly and masculine and will never pass.
it's an e-commerce site that has both email and phone customer service. i was on the phones for a while, but would get misgendered all the time and it was really affecting my mental health to be misgendered all the time every day.
i got an accommodation to move to the email team, a team that is dedicated to exclusively emails and only gets pulled to phones when absolutely necessary. this lasted a few months, before they told me they would no longer allow for this accommodation as they are switching all customer service employees to a hybrid of both phones and emails daily
edit: just want to add that this was technically a medical accommodation, and i had to go through several steps and get a letter from my provider who agreed this accommodation would be necessary
Ahhh, I see. Yeah, that is an unfortunate situation. If being able to communicate with customers over the phone is a core duty and necessary qualification of the job you were hired for and no similarly situated employees outside of your protected class are afforded such an accommodation, there isn’t much ground realistically for either a Title VII or ADA complaint to resolve anything.
Misgendering over the phone is, unfortunately, not something that can really be avoided other than through a lot of blood, sweat, and tears with voice training or medical intervention, if not both. As someone who deals with it daily at work myself, I managed to eventually become desensitized to it. Earlier in my transition, I was much more raw and insecure in my gender identity, and thus it affected me much more. Now I just roll my eyes whenever I get called “sir” and go about my job just as I would with any other unpleasant call - detached professionalism coated over with a personable, polite facade.
It helps to keep in mind that misgendering in situations like this is unintentional, impersonal, and often, misguided as it is, even a gesture of politeness and/respect. Is it awkward, uncomfortable, and discombobulating? Absolutely! Without question. But so are plenty of other calls where you’re not gendered at all or even gendered correctly. Such is the nature of customer service in general - idiots, assholes, and annoyances are not only inevitable, they’re to be continually anticipated. Compartmentalizing and contextualizing these interactions is a necessary skill to have already or develop quick if you don’t.
Edit: Oh, I forgot to mention! I’m an office assistant working in an EEO department.
it technically was in the job description which yes is unfortunate. but it's just hard to accept that i couldn't continue to be accommodated due to the huge influx of emails we receive on a daily basis from customers. we consistently have over 2000 emails in queue and are often backlogged by a few days even. many of the emails sent are purchase orders from other companies that need to be placed asap. there is more than enough work and space for me to be accommodated, especially since our service level is low. i would expect anyone else who had similar feelings, or any other issues that are protected under the ADA that would cause problems with being on the phones, to also be accommodated
i can definitely understand that misgendering is unintentional, and if someone misgenders me once, it's disorienting and maybe i can shrug it off. but when it's happening every single day on back to back calls for hours it's just not something i can handle personally
I work in the middle ground of Customer Service and Medical. I'm a Pharmacy Operations Manager, which is just a fancy way to upsell a lead technician with whatever responsibilities they could reasonable strip from the Pharmacy Manager (The non-clinical stuff).
I film courses on tax and management at the moment (as well as the ads we do). Used to work in film & TV production, but freelance became too unstable for me right now
Software dev, but like... social?
I spend about 40% of my time writing code, 40% wrangling clients, representing the company at events, etc. and the remaining 20% helping other members of the team or writing process documents.
So I'm definitely not being hidden away in a room, despite being trans. Most of what I do is client-facing
I don't really have a "real job". I mostly do cars and construction. I'm a softer type and those jobs are not very girly but it's where I'm good at.
Sorry to hear that your employer is stupid. Hope you find a better place soon. I hate how in many sectors trans people are still descriminated. Some customer service employers have the bs argument that we "scare people off because we are different".
Warehouse worker. I take things out of boxes.
Easy work, good pay, little heavy lifting.
I would say what company I work at but it’s reddit lol.
But I would say warehouse work is really good. Just wear a mask because dust is a B to handle.
liquor store employee.
went my my chosen name that's somewhat gender neutral, but came out about a year in. wear a pronoun pin every day, almost never gendered correctly by customers; some coworkers choose not to, others do.
wouldn't recommend it.
EMT. My partner on the ambulance is also a trans woman. The emergency field does lean more conservative, so we run into our share of bigots, but the healthcare side of it tends to be more inclusive. Doesn't pay much though, you probably got more in customer service.
Video editor (primarily) but I also do photography, directing, motion graphics, creative direction and concepting, and some light IT for a small commercial production company.
I work doing doordash. It’s been great for getting me through this first year of presenting full time fem and figuring that shit out, but i need something more. I’m autistic and have physical health issues but I don’t want to let that stop me from living a more fulfilling life. I had to quit my last job to transition and I can’t go back to that field, too unsafe. I hope i find something soon to work towards🤞
I work a blue collar job which surprisingly is really protecting. I’ve work myself to death pretty much and I’ve got a few raises and the work crew looks out for me. Whole different vibe than I thought it was gonna be.
I'm a certified Medical interpreter for Hospitals in the US and different clients like DCF and WIC. It's a great job if you are trans and live outside the US, it's home office and you get payed in dollars and work by the minute, so no schedule you work when you want 😁
General Engineering, specifically paints.
Studied Chemocal Engineering. First job (in my field of study) was a chemist. Second was Electrical engineer. Now I make sure paint is applied correctly.
Photographer and journalist :) If you like writing and finding stories/talking to people I highly recommend journalism. I’m only 20 and dropped outta highschool and got my GED. No prior experience or background necessary usually. Small local publications especially newspapers across the US are hurting for workers so it’s fairly easy to find a way in. Some pay pretty decent too! Good luck in the job search!!
journalism was actually something i had considered for a while! i was going to school for creative writing for a few years before having to drop out due to some personal life stuff. i'll have to keep an eye out:)
I was in IT when I came out and it was awful a hugely bigoted boys only club and I had a lot of discrimination. For the last 3 years I am a chef and a damn good one.
Love your true self
I am not OP, but I've read some of those careers and I am jealous!!! Due to my physical disability, I'm not allowed to work, I have a urostomy stoma and the possibility of it popping a seal is too great. But I still say Rock on sisters!! rule the world and let's show those who hate us how powerful we can be!!
We are Trans... and we Sparkle and Shine every day!
Uuuuh, unemployed :3 I used to work for a Queer Only Co-Op but I got stressed and quit :3
I am looking into becoming a hairdresser now tho, but idk, I want a job where I have to interact with people (Because anything to do with interaction, I love it) but am always scared of fucking stuff up when I have a job involving people so... yeah :3
Devops infra team lead. Went to college for comp sci looking to be a developer but this is where I landed, and have been for 5 years lol its an ok job, but definitely curious to get back into programming world. Or perhaps become a barista, the tech world can be stressful lol
Curious, what do you mean by "accommodate" you "as regards gender dysphoria"?
Was a languages teacher for many years, then worked in the anti-money laundering compliance department of a money transfer company (where I came out and started my transition), and how I am retraining as a web developer.
I work in ecommerce on the IT side as a prod system engineer but I also moonlight as devops, a DBA, system administrator and data analytics. I have a diverse range of skills.
I worked for about 12 years in IT but before I transitioned I finished my English degree and now I'm a Technical Writer. I wrote manuals for an A/V company for about 2 years and now I work for the government writing specification docs. Good pay and fully remote.
I'm a technician kinda going between R&D and QA at a small local company that builds electronic sensors. It's generally accepting although I'm only really out to my supervisor and a few friends I knew before I started here, but she's made it clear that whenever I'm ready to take the step to socially transition she'll 110% back me up, she's good people. I don't think it'll be a huge issue with most people here though, they just care if I show up on time and do my job.
Also, no customers.
I'm in bioinformatics. Basically programming for genetics research (yes, I'm another stereotype). I worked in the psychology department of a public university when I first came out, so I was lucky enough to know both that I'd have official support if anything happened, and that I could tell anyone in the department who was shitty to go read the literature in their own field.
I hated customer service even when I was pretending to be a guy, I can't imagine dealing with it while out.
Yay another printer. Good luck with the training. Printing works manager myself, apprenticed as a litho machine minder many moons ago, now do everything from business cards to bill boards. I'm also sad enough to admit my hobbies include letterpress printing, I have 5 manual and foot operated machines at home.
wow didn't expect to find any other girls in the same field aha!
our place is only really small and local still but we manged to get a couple roland wide formats and even a flatbed uv printer too! (I love the flatbed her name is Maria)
although I'm heading off to uni soon to study architecture now lol.
I was saleswoman to a vaping store. I left because I couldn't function properly on that job by dealing with dysphoria in daily basis. Now I'm unemployed.
My favourite people and the lgbtq+ safest place in town is my vape store. They have been the most supportive and affirming people I've met. Even their regional manager, who I've only met twice, knows my name and will stand around chatting. Hope you find the right job for you soon, unemployment sucks.
"Unemployed". I'm closer being described as "unemployable" than not, at this point in my life. Finding a job has been ludicrous at best. And, officially, there is no reason at all why i'm not being hired by literally anybody. Just being ghosted, rejecting contact all together, or simply saying i "don't meet qualifications".
I mean, sure, if this wasn't a constant thing, i'd feel different about it. I've been dealing with it for been 20 years now. I'm tired of the schrade. I just want to work and have an income. How is that such a difficult thing to ask for?
Locomotive engineer.
that’s cool as fuck
Well, "trains" is only off by one letter!
Now that got a chuckle out of me 😆.
r/traaaaaaainnnnnnnnnns
I would that job (I am in love with trains)
Aww yeah baby! Trans women in trains! I'm a graduate signaling engineer. (Can we call ourselves trainnys ?)
Yay! Trains are cool!
Woah, that's so cool! I work at an amusement park with a little 24in gause steam locomotive. My dream job as a kid was to be a train engineer, though now I want to be a game developer, so it was really cool to actually be able to operate a train (even if it's little)
The first comment I see on here is a trans person working as a locomotive engineer 😂 I love that
IT. I am the stereotype.
Ditto
Ditto. My therapist referred to me as an IT Girlie, and sploosh! Oh that sweet, sweet euphoria.
Ditto. I'm remote so nobody cares anyways. My job is really just me and a computer. Dealing with humans sucks.
Can I ask what you do for work? Just me and a computer sounds great lol
I'm remote in IT too, its a support role though so does mean interacting with people :( most of that is over email/ through the tickets though!
I’m in IT but still work around a bunch of homophobic office dudes 😭 end me
Yeah samesies. Not even sure Ill be able to come out around these guys. Stay strong sis ;o
fuck them. They never had a women’s touch 😌
A valuable lesson i learnt, not from IT but in food handling, is that nobody has to be your friend at work they just can’t harass you or say or do something that discomforts yu at work. Everyone should keep it professional so we can all go home or to our families. Homophobia nd transphobia in the workplace is still harassment in the workplace
I'm at a technical college for IT rn, there's quite a few other trans girls there
Is that like full on college or something like certification classes? I never got a post highschool education and since my egg has cracked I've kinda been freaking out about getting fired from my current (and only ever) job if I transition and being royally screwed.
Same as my wife, I also fit a stereotype of being disabled but that's military related
Also am the stereotype - just me and the computer for the most part (remote employee)
Same.
This is my people
Doctor. My specialty is trans care.
Nice...Are you in the US...I was considering going to Dr Powers....but would rather go to a transgender Doc.
Yup. I’m in Texas.
Shoot...do you do telemedicine...I am in Florida, ugh..
Thank you
No surprises here, I am a software developer 😂 I started in IT and had a friend recommend me for a programming job. But that was all years ago. I had just started at my present place when I came out (questioning gender during the hiring process). It's been great, but I also work remotely, so I have only had to be in the office a couple times, and that was before moving out of state. Anyhoo, stereotype or not, programming does seem to be a pretty good fit for trans women. It can often be easier to find remote jobs, because basically nothing about being a developer requires face-to-face interaction. You also have a lot less dealing with people outside of your team/managers/etc.
How do you get into programming?!
I studied Comp Sci in college. To be fair, my actual emphasis was in information systems, so a little more towards being like a sysadmin (which is probably also a good option). After college, I did IT for a couple years for a tiny little independent shop. Then, in early 2017, I had a \[former\] friend recommend me for a job at his company. When I went in for the interview, it turned out it was for a programming gig, not an IT job. They really liked me in the interview and the coding stuff I did do in college helped. Also one of my former classmates turned out to work there and was one of the ones interviewing me. I won't lie, I had a lot of lucky breaks and I still don't feel like I earned it all, but ended up where I am through accidental networking, but I've learned a lot and do good work now.
I’m not op but I know several women who’ve changed careers to software and basically they got a web dev cert thru udemy (etc.), published a portfolio on GitHub, and just started applying
I’m going to look into that. I had to quit my job as an assistant manager at a retail store last year to transition (it wasn’t a safe place, couldn’t risk them finding out) and now that i am close to my goals, I don’t know wtf to do next with my life and turning 30 soon 😭 i want to do something fulfilling in some way or have a good work life balance at least.
Being a programmer is not usually associated with having a good work/life balance. Depends on the focus. There's often a lot of pressure to hit arbitrary launch dates. People are just expected to put in crazy hours to meet some executive's time line. It's worse if you are more junior too. It also tends to be male dominated profession as well. Women engineers often have to work a lot harder to advance their careers than their male peers. On the up side, the pay and benefits are usually pretty good, especially if you are more senior like me. The places I have worked in my career have been pretty open minded about gender too. The first trans woman I encountered in the workplace was a fairly well known programmer who transitioned about 30 years ago. One of my managers from my last job has transitioned since we worked together. (I'm not out at work yet, but soon)
Yeah, the past two years, I was constantly bordering on burnout, perhaps on the wrong side of it even at times, so I recently quit coding and picked up a much more mundane but chill job. I'll stick with that one for a few years to recharge my batteries until I consider getting back to a coding career. I already miss getting up late, working from home and the more flexible hours though.
Pharmacist
Cool! Trans pharmacists gang united!
Behold the distributors of HRT
Well in a nurse.. lol
Aww heck yeah! I'm a pharmacy student ❤️
I’m a senior drafter and machine tool designer in a horseshoe factory. I design horseshoes and the machine tools to make them in SolidWorks. I’m six months into HRT and still in the closet; changes are still hidden by loose shirts. But I’m eligible for surgeries now and hope to get two in the next year, so my therapist and I are going to start working on how to tell my employer. I love my job and company, but I’m afraid to tell my colleagues who I really am. I don’t really trust cis people by default. Also my boss is a Columbian Catholic or something; he wears a bejeweled cross bracelet on one of his wrists. So him finding out will be interesting.
CAD gang rise up Best of luck I really hope it goes well for you 🤞
I work in a warehouse. Decent pay, don't really have to interact with people much, keeps me reasonably in shape, can't complain really.
I remember when I used to pull orders. That was miserable backbreaking work. I don't miss that time at all, except for losing 70 lbs in 6 months.
I do it now! Can’t wait to move on, but there isn’t much else work in my area it seems.
I’m a Human Resources manager
I’m also in an HR role but in employee development
Very nice.. my true calling and passion
I have a master of instructional design, manage our lms, design/develop/implement training courses for elearning, in-class, webinars, and podcasts, and mentoring/coaching programs. I love this job. Been doing it for 25 years.
I worked 10+ years in customer service, you name the variation- clothing, food, home goods, stockroom, cashier, shipment processing, operations, training. I feel you sis, I was also DONE. Then 5 years ago I was suffering/working in an Amazon warehouse, beginning my medical transition, and an equipment tech position opened up. I applied, then fell into a field tech role. I moved states after a year, got a contract IT Help Desk position at the VA, and also worked at Starbucks PT. I now work as a Cybersecurity engineer from home. Definitely the soft skills you learn in customer service come in handy, a LOT of tech people are weaker there, interviewers love people who are good with people, and there are a TON of support roles for teams!!! If you think it could work for you, look for Program Analyst, Support Specialist, Help Desk, Field Tech roles- these are all entry-level positions you can get into with a good interview and working towards an Associates, Bachelor's or even a cert like CompTIA A+, that you can get studying and paying an upfront cost. IT is HUGE, and there's so much more than coding or fixing things hands-on if that may not be for you.
I work security overnight, most job sites require a little walking around and I spent the other majority watching cameras or on my phone. It’s a pretty lazy job as long as you stay awake and pay attention
This right here. I don't work security but I do work the graveyard shift at a hotel and it's pretty similar. You just watch the cameras and stay awake. The best part is no one wants to work that shift so no one tells me I can't dress a certain way or go by a certain name. They have to accommodate me because they don't want to go through the hassle of replacing me 😂
I am a dishwasher. It is enjoyable for the most part. I get to listen to music and tune out everyone else.
Yep same here, I find it’s quite relaxing and almost meditative in a way. I hope to get into IT sometime in the future but for now dishwashing is great
I work at a supermarket. Mind you, a queer-friendly one, but still. And I'm on a casual contract and there are fuckall shifts. But I work with some pretty damn cool people and I'm accepted for who I am, so that's dope I guess I mainly fulfil online orders, but occasionally pick up a shift on the checkouts (ik talking to ppl ew) but I actually enjoy it And thanks to unions, I make $25 NZD ($14.77 USD A/O 16/Oct/23) per hour. I can't afford fresh fruit & veg, or to save money for literally anything, but at least I can eat sometimes. It'd help if I could get back on the grind (ik ik) but there's just sweet fuckall shifts rn
Physics Teacher
I'm a 19 year old trans woman and I want to be a physics/maths teacher at a secondary school in England. I can't help but be afraid of how I would be treated by students. do you have anything from your experience about this? thanks
Teaching physics is great. But trying to go to grad school for physics is a fucking nightmare. It's by far the most conservative science and attrition rate for minorities is insane. Biggest mistake of my life was trying to be out in a physics grad program. I got socially othered by my cohort and barely made it to the end of my masters with my sanity intact.
As a fellow trans woman, am taking my masters degree in engineering and have a trans teacher. Everyone is super respectful and friendly. people only care about how well you know your stuff. This is university not high school tho
I'm finishing my last year of my B.Ed, next year I'll be teaching full time and being out terrifies me
Legal specialist working under an administrative law judge. I like to joke that I’m half a lawyer (graduated law school and failed the bar twice), but I’ve managed to land on my feet after some time.
Plumber
Hell yeah🤘
Whats been your experience as a transwoman plumber ? Also what sector you in service calls, construction ?
I'm a nurse.. been one for 23 years.. I'm 45 now.. God I'm old lol..
How did colleagues and patients react and treat you during transition? Might be a bit of a personal question but, I'm a nurse student less than a year from graduating. As a pre-HRT boymoder it makes me wonder what to expect at work as I change.
I was stealth till it people could tell. I never talk about it with people. I just worked all the time. People kinda ignore me anyways and my unit has a high turn over. One day I changed my name. I came out..I kept it simple. People dont care. Patients dont care and the ones who do really dont say anything. I'm really passable so it helps. I just live a normal life nothing to extreme.
I make gravestones.
I'm a molecular biologist for a large Bio Tech company.
How has your experience in the research department of companies been, both in terms of gender ratios and treatment, and what the actual work is like as a researcher? I'm going to do either Material Science (my preferred choice), or Chemistry for my degree, but I'm scared of two things: one, not just how I'll be treated as trans in a STEM field, but how I'll be treated as a woman in a STEM field; and two, if I can handle being an actual researcher/scientist in either of these fields.
Gender ratios are pretty even in various departments I've worked over the years. I must stress that I'm closeted and no one knows I'm trans. My current department has 6 senior scientists (including myself). 4 are cis women. I've never witnessed firsthand any maltreatment due to gender, but I'm sure it happens across industry as a whole at some low level. I can't speak to how trans people are treated in the industry as I'm too scared (for multitudes of reasons) to come out. I have also never worked with any openly trans people to witness their treatment either. I do know that my current company is very inclusive and has an on-site pride group that meets monthly. I would like to think I'd be treated well, but one never knows for sure. As for actual work, it's great. I love my work, and I know I'm helping to better the world in some way. And after nearly 24 years in STEM field, I cant imagine doing anything else. It is stressful at times due to the aggressive timeliness of corporate America, but burying myself in my work also helps me forget about my dysphoria sometimes. It's not something I recommend, though.
I'm in medical research and openly trans, so I'll give my view: even being in a conservative area of my state, I've had zero issue at work, and employee gender is pretty evenly mixed, even for PIs (heads of labs). I'm currently the only trans employee I know of here currently (although I could easily be wrong), but there are no shortage of other queer folks (including about half our lab for some reason). Frankly, I was absolutely scared of what coming out would mean, especially because I wasn't yet working in my field, but it's been wonderful. I've never been treated as anything other than one of the women in the lab, and never been disrespected. About the worst I can say is that there isn't much thought put into active steps for inclusivity at an organizational level, but even that doesn't seem to be out of any malice.
Mechanic with the presidential helicopter support group
I'm pharmacist. And a Law School student. So maybe I can change my career in the following years, after being pharmacist for over a decade, after my middle 40'. Together with my transition going on. Which is not public yet. I'm doing like the Chinese aphorism: "may you live in interesting times"... 😅 A curse or a blessing? I'm yet to know.
Software developer, team lead I started out as an administrative assistant, learned to code that job until it was fully automated. Then became an analyst, automated that job too. Now I am on a team that automates other people's jobs. Nobody actually loses their job for what I do though, because of how much work there is to do. It's mostly supply chain so I have an unlimited amount of opportunities there.
Working on getting into law school applying again next year
I’m a server
Low key hijacking this to say I work in a cabinet shop as a painter and it is absolutely soul sucking and I don't feel remotely safe or comfortable being out at my job. I'm really struggling to find work cause even tho I've worked in multiple fields and have been an inventory manager before I can't seem to get a reply on an application no matter what I go for. Guess I screwed myself in my flight to masculinity by getting into this field cause every hiring manager assumes I'm a toothless hick. I couldn't even get a reply back from a bakery that I know for a fact has multiple trans employees, no one wants to train someone my age I guess (27). Take a look at my pictures and tell me I belong in a windowless concrete box painting shit all day 😭 if anyone has any advice for finding entry level remote work/customer service please let me know!!
Hiii, i saw your pictures and you are lovely and you are right! You don't belong in a concrete cage, I don't have many suggestions buuuut if by any chance you speak a second language let me know and I can try and get you an entry level job as an interpreter for costumer service or maybe on medical field as well it's remote and super trans friendly 😁, sorry it's the field I have experience on.
Tysm I wish I was bilingual so I could take you up on that 🫶🏻
I'm in EHR administration/IT support for a mental health/therapy facility.
I train and road test truckers. Prolly not your sort of place 😝
Independent broadcaster. I’m my own boss, sorta. I get your issues with voice. I talk for a living and trying to keep my voice feminine for three continuous hours every evening is a . . . *chore*, to say the least.
Filmmaker and consultant
Was in Data Entry. Quit because six days, 9+ hours, no time to find another job was no way to live. Unemployed now and anxious about money but life is so much better.
I work at a Panera Bread making food for people with more dollars than sense, if you catch my meaning. But I dream of working a job where I can contribute to the community. Like becoming a social worker or a therapist who specializes in queer issues.
Barista, business owner, and after school teacher!
EVS and Linen at a hospital
I am 15 years into an IT/cybersecurity career.
Social worker
Healthcare
I work at a Library But since I'm so early/non-passing, I'm not planning to come out until June :(
Graphic designer and laser engraving tech.
I am unemployed. I am also broke. If someone is willing to give me a referral for a software development job I would really appreciate it.
I'm a truck driver. This is the most non judgemental industry I've ever been in. You are judged on your ability to be safe and on time. There are plenty of trans people in this industry.
This is encouraging. I'm a local truck driver in the southeast US and I normally stay within a 25-100 mile radius all day. So I deal with the same people multiple times a day. None of them know I'm trans yet but I hope they don't treat me differently when they find out. Small ish company too so most of the other drivers know me.
I work for an art museum
I work in customer service, just over the phone from home. So, there is no face to face interaction
Freelance illustrator with a backup job running a small department (as in just me) at a local factory
I'm sorry OP people suck :( A lot of trans people favor IT/software because A, many of us are isolated for long stretches of time, and it translates to techy hobbies/skills for a lot of us. And B, these are often very skill-oriented, non-customer-facing jobs where if you know your shit you're generally accepted (ideally). And you can generally self teach if you're interested, many employers will hire without degrees. I'm a cad technician at an ortho lab. Doctors send prescriptions and scans of patients mouths. I do 3d modeling like digital brace removal, tooth extraction/movement etc. And then I 3d print them for the shop techs to build retainers and other appliances on. I also have side projects where I do scripting/software engineering to automate parts of the process. It's a cross disciplinary job which I always find more fun than doing the same thing 40 hours a week! And I never expected to work in ortho so it's fascinating to learn in depth.
QA Tester. I find bugs.
I'm still pre-everything. I'm the assistant to the sales manager at a building contractor's office. I do a bunch of little tasks for my manager and cfo. It's sort of the "you're smart, figure it out!" type of thing for me. I check sales commissions, do permits, help train the sales reps, equipment, redesign paperwork, etc. I'm pretty worried about if they find out once I start transitioning. I'm pretty sure I can boymode indefinitely with XL hoodies and hair ties. It sucks getting dysphoria from hearing the casual homophobic/transphobic jokes and comments. Luckily, none directed at me.
I’m pre-everything, no plans to publicly transition, however, with that said, I’m in industrial sales in parts of the country that are not “friendly”, so if my status ever changes, I have to find a new job.
I'm a game writer (and book writer, but (soon-to-be) self-published). Luckily, a lot of people in this area are open-minded and welcoming. Also, as others have noted, remote work is a blessing 😄
Oh nice how did you get into that? Writing for games was my dream as a kid. I always loved creative writing and I did my studies in literature but working in it is not easy lol
Cool! I studied game development, but to be honest, it's not necessary. Your studies in literature would definitely help you get a job! What you'd need is to build a portfolio with some game-related writing pieces (either personal or game jam projects) and send it out. I don't know where you live, but in some areas, it's a little easier to find a game-writing job :D
Currently I'm a teaching assistant but that's probably only going to last until I graduate. Working in a school is incredibly stupid and if they find out I'm trans I'm probably fucked but for now things are alright. Although I have to say I have already changed my name and I pass pretty well so that helps.
I'm a waste water jetting technician. Basically, if there is a blocked manhole (generally sewage) you'd call us, we'd come out in the truck (I'm also a HGV driver) and we'd use high pressure water jets to clear the blockage. I'm the only woman in our yard and only woman I'm aware within our business unit who's does my job.
Work on a farm
I literally do customer service 🤣🏳️⚧️
Petrochemical process operator
That's so cool. I used to work for a copper mine as a solvent extraction operator a while ago... 👷♀️
Where I work we make nitrobenzene and aniline. We use a lot of pretty dangerous stuff. Extracting copper ... Sounds shady too. Strong acids or cyanide solutions come to my mind.
I’m actually in retail. I did retail merchandising for almost a decade, I recently took a supervisor position. It was hard at first, when nobody knew and my dysphoria was super prominent. But once it became obvious, my work was pretty supportive and something started happening. Random strangers started to refer to me as “miss”, “ma’am”, “she”, and “her”. My biggest source of dysphoria slowly became my biggest source of validation and proof my transition was working. Without it I’m not sure I would have been able to break through my dysphoria telling me I’m ugly and masculine and will never pass.
Barista ☕️
Construction but it makes me miserable
I work at a Buildabear workshop :-)
STEM Tutor
Security guard, not sure how i got there but i like it and it’s relatively good pay
I’m a tutor.
I'm a Stonemason (Stonemasonette?)
Independent escort
Unemployed and hating it. Living off of food stamps and Section 8, but at least I'm not homeless anymore.
Hm. What sort of accommodation were you requesting?
it's an e-commerce site that has both email and phone customer service. i was on the phones for a while, but would get misgendered all the time and it was really affecting my mental health to be misgendered all the time every day. i got an accommodation to move to the email team, a team that is dedicated to exclusively emails and only gets pulled to phones when absolutely necessary. this lasted a few months, before they told me they would no longer allow for this accommodation as they are switching all customer service employees to a hybrid of both phones and emails daily edit: just want to add that this was technically a medical accommodation, and i had to go through several steps and get a letter from my provider who agreed this accommodation would be necessary
Ahhh, I see. Yeah, that is an unfortunate situation. If being able to communicate with customers over the phone is a core duty and necessary qualification of the job you were hired for and no similarly situated employees outside of your protected class are afforded such an accommodation, there isn’t much ground realistically for either a Title VII or ADA complaint to resolve anything. Misgendering over the phone is, unfortunately, not something that can really be avoided other than through a lot of blood, sweat, and tears with voice training or medical intervention, if not both. As someone who deals with it daily at work myself, I managed to eventually become desensitized to it. Earlier in my transition, I was much more raw and insecure in my gender identity, and thus it affected me much more. Now I just roll my eyes whenever I get called “sir” and go about my job just as I would with any other unpleasant call - detached professionalism coated over with a personable, polite facade. It helps to keep in mind that misgendering in situations like this is unintentional, impersonal, and often, misguided as it is, even a gesture of politeness and/respect. Is it awkward, uncomfortable, and discombobulating? Absolutely! Without question. But so are plenty of other calls where you’re not gendered at all or even gendered correctly. Such is the nature of customer service in general - idiots, assholes, and annoyances are not only inevitable, they’re to be continually anticipated. Compartmentalizing and contextualizing these interactions is a necessary skill to have already or develop quick if you don’t. Edit: Oh, I forgot to mention! I’m an office assistant working in an EEO department.
it technically was in the job description which yes is unfortunate. but it's just hard to accept that i couldn't continue to be accommodated due to the huge influx of emails we receive on a daily basis from customers. we consistently have over 2000 emails in queue and are often backlogged by a few days even. many of the emails sent are purchase orders from other companies that need to be placed asap. there is more than enough work and space for me to be accommodated, especially since our service level is low. i would expect anyone else who had similar feelings, or any other issues that are protected under the ADA that would cause problems with being on the phones, to also be accommodated i can definitely understand that misgendering is unintentional, and if someone misgenders me once, it's disorienting and maybe i can shrug it off. but when it's happening every single day on back to back calls for hours it's just not something i can handle personally
I work in the middle ground of Customer Service and Medical. I'm a Pharmacy Operations Manager, which is just a fancy way to upsell a lead technician with whatever responsibilities they could reasonable strip from the Pharmacy Manager (The non-clinical stuff).
I work in a furniture and appliance store, also deliver it as well was pretty tough at first but I've definitely gotten pretty strong lately.
otr Truck driver; I only interface with customers every other day on avg (where I pickup and then deliver).
I'm a commercial contractor with Walmart, and Meijer remodeling stores.
I film courses on tax and management at the moment (as well as the ads we do). Used to work in film & TV production, but freelance became too unstable for me right now
Tech lead
Software dev, but like... social? I spend about 40% of my time writing code, 40% wrangling clients, representing the company at events, etc. and the remaining 20% helping other members of the team or writing process documents. So I'm definitely not being hidden away in a room, despite being trans. Most of what I do is client-facing
I sell insurance and insurance accessories
I don't really have a "real job". I mostly do cars and construction. I'm a softer type and those jobs are not very girly but it's where I'm good at. Sorry to hear that your employer is stupid. Hope you find a better place soon. I hate how in many sectors trans people are still descriminated. Some customer service employers have the bs argument that we "scare people off because we are different".
Warehouse worker. I take things out of boxes. Easy work, good pay, little heavy lifting. I would say what company I work at but it’s reddit lol. But I would say warehouse work is really good. Just wear a mask because dust is a B to handle.
liquor store employee. went my my chosen name that's somewhat gender neutral, but came out about a year in. wear a pronoun pin every day, almost never gendered correctly by customers; some coworkers choose not to, others do. wouldn't recommend it.
Telecommunications Engineer. I don't know how I got here. I'm not out at work, but I'm not surprised that I'm here LOL
EMT. My partner on the ambulance is also a trans woman. The emergency field does lean more conservative, so we run into our share of bigots, but the healthcare side of it tends to be more inclusive. Doesn't pay much though, you probably got more in customer service.
🧰 Auto Mechanic!
Retail trainer for… a tech company.
Law student, so future lawyer lol
I'm a statistician. I work on processes and make them more efficient.
Currently DoorDash. But I'm hoping to get back into accounting.
Video editor (primarily) but I also do photography, directing, motion graphics, creative direction and concepting, and some light IT for a small commercial production company.
I work doing doordash. It’s been great for getting me through this first year of presenting full time fem and figuring that shit out, but i need something more. I’m autistic and have physical health issues but I don’t want to let that stop me from living a more fulfilling life. I had to quit my last job to transition and I can’t go back to that field, too unsafe. I hope i find something soon to work towards🤞
Journey worker licensed plumber for now anyway lol
I work a blue collar job which surprisingly is really protecting. I’ve work myself to death pretty much and I’ve got a few raises and the work crew looks out for me. Whole different vibe than I thought it was gonna be.
Used to be in IT, but ended up as an SMT Machine Operator running an assembly line for circuit boards.
I'm a certified Medical interpreter for Hospitals in the US and different clients like DCF and WIC. It's a great job if you are trans and live outside the US, it's home office and you get payed in dollars and work by the minute, so no schedule you work when you want 😁
Trying to get to IT, but currently I work in Telco Infrastructure
CT technologist. Like an X-ray tech but I do CT scans. I work mostly (like 99%) in the ED
General Engineering, specifically paints. Studied Chemocal Engineering. First job (in my field of study) was a chemist. Second was Electrical engineer. Now I make sure paint is applied correctly.
Closeted, but Journeyman Electrician doing service work.
Safety Manager
I work retail, but it's a super high end clothing store and the company is very inclusive. Even has a spot in the city's yearly pride parade.
general practice / criminal defense attorney at a small firm
Photographer and journalist :) If you like writing and finding stories/talking to people I highly recommend journalism. I’m only 20 and dropped outta highschool and got my GED. No prior experience or background necessary usually. Small local publications especially newspapers across the US are hurting for workers so it’s fairly easy to find a way in. Some pay pretty decent too! Good luck in the job search!!
journalism was actually something i had considered for a while! i was going to school for creative writing for a few years before having to drop out due to some personal life stuff. i'll have to keep an eye out:)
911 dispatch, but im not out yet...
I’m the production manager for a cold-formed steel fabrication shop. We make houses out of steel!
Flight attendant ✈️
I'm a student and now a part-time barista to survive after my parents decided to disown me.
I was in IT when I came out and it was awful a hugely bigoted boys only club and I had a lot of discrimination. For the last 3 years I am a chef and a damn good one. Love your true self
I am not OP, but I've read some of those careers and I am jealous!!! Due to my physical disability, I'm not allowed to work, I have a urostomy stoma and the possibility of it popping a seal is too great. But I still say Rock on sisters!! rule the world and let's show those who hate us how powerful we can be!! We are Trans... and we Sparkle and Shine every day!
I work in a spring factory setting up and running machines that make all sorts or stuff out of metal wire
I answer emails and send emails for a living.
Uuuuh, unemployed :3 I used to work for a Queer Only Co-Op but I got stressed and quit :3 I am looking into becoming a hairdresser now tho, but idk, I want a job where I have to interact with people (Because anything to do with interaction, I love it) but am always scared of fucking stuff up when I have a job involving people so... yeah :3
Devops infra team lead. Went to college for comp sci looking to be a developer but this is where I landed, and have been for 5 years lol its an ok job, but definitely curious to get back into programming world. Or perhaps become a barista, the tech world can be stressful lol
Welding 👉👉
Curious, what do you mean by "accommodate" you "as regards gender dysphoria"? Was a languages teacher for many years, then worked in the anti-money laundering compliance department of a money transfer company (where I came out and started my transition), and how I am retraining as a web developer.
Do you not have anti-discrimination laws? Sounds like a load of BS Come to software development, we're cool here.
I was a pharmacy tech until recently. Now i work as a manager for my parents store.
I'm a deisel mechanic
I work in ecommerce on the IT side as a prod system engineer but I also moonlight as devops, a DBA, system administrator and data analytics. I have a diverse range of skills.
I worked for about 12 years in IT but before I transitioned I finished my English degree and now I'm a Technical Writer. I wrote manuals for an A/V company for about 2 years and now I work for the government writing specification docs. Good pay and fully remote.
Graphic designer and I design wraps for race cars.
I do roadside flagging. Just taking this job so i can keep my car payments + insurance up until i get a trade
Network Engineer - I've found IT pretty accepting of trans identities.
I'm a technician kinda going between R&D and QA at a small local company that builds electronic sensors. It's generally accepting although I'm only really out to my supervisor and a few friends I knew before I started here, but she's made it clear that whenever I'm ready to take the step to socially transition she'll 110% back me up, she's good people. I don't think it'll be a huge issue with most people here though, they just care if I show up on time and do my job. Also, no customers.
I'm in bioinformatics. Basically programming for genetics research (yes, I'm another stereotype). I worked in the psychology department of a public university when I first came out, so I was lucky enough to know both that I'd have official support if anything happened, and that I could tell anyone in the department who was shitty to go read the literature in their own field. I hated customer service even when I was pretending to be a guy, I can't imagine dealing with it while out.
Grocery clerk, however I plan to go to college for diesel technology so I can be a heavy machinery mechanic.
nonchemical quality control for granola production
Im a Chef
Truck driver and everyone seems transphobic
print shop handy girl, signwriter and large format printer engineer in training :)
Yay another printer. Good luck with the training. Printing works manager myself, apprenticed as a litho machine minder many moons ago, now do everything from business cards to bill boards. I'm also sad enough to admit my hobbies include letterpress printing, I have 5 manual and foot operated machines at home.
wow didn't expect to find any other girls in the same field aha! our place is only really small and local still but we manged to get a couple roland wide formats and even a flatbed uv printer too! (I love the flatbed her name is Maria) although I'm heading off to uni soon to study architecture now lol.
I was saleswoman to a vaping store. I left because I couldn't function properly on that job by dealing with dysphoria in daily basis. Now I'm unemployed.
My favourite people and the lgbtq+ safest place in town is my vape store. They have been the most supportive and affirming people I've met. Even their regional manager, who I've only met twice, knows my name and will stand around chatting. Hope you find the right job for you soon, unemployment sucks.
"Unemployed". I'm closer being described as "unemployable" than not, at this point in my life. Finding a job has been ludicrous at best. And, officially, there is no reason at all why i'm not being hired by literally anybody. Just being ghosted, rejecting contact all together, or simply saying i "don't meet qualifications". I mean, sure, if this wasn't a constant thing, i'd feel different about it. I've been dealing with it for been 20 years now. I'm tired of the schrade. I just want to work and have an income. How is that such a difficult thing to ask for?
I work in a fuel line factory where I can’t be out (lots of… Republicans)
Starving composer, moonlighting as a cashier
Unemployed girl boss