I've been asked to give a talk about TG people's problems in the workplace.

[JulieC.]

They are not all horror stories.  I've found a wonderful MD here.  This is her practice's form that they have everyone fill out.  Notice the top lines.

ADULT HEALTH HISTORY QUESTIONNAIRE
Today's Date: _______
Patient Name: __________________________ Date of Birth____________ Gender: M__ F___
For transgender patients: MTF ____ FTM ____
Does your insurance have you listed as male or female in their records? Male __ Female __
Medication Allergies (drug name and type of reaction):
__________________________________ _______________________________________
__________________________________ _______________________________________
Non-medication allergies (ex. Bees, wasps, seafood, peanuts and type of reaction):
___________________________________________________________________________
Chronic Medications: (Include doses and how many times per day are taken)
__________________________________ _______________________________________
__________________________________ _______________________________________
__________________________________ _______________________________________
__________________________________ _______________________________________
Over-the-counter medications (nonprescription), vitamins or supplements taken regularly:
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Communication
Do you have any vision/hearing or mobility problems? Y N
Do you speak and understand English? Y N If not, what is your primary language? _____________
Personal Medical and Surgical History
Have YOU had any of these health problems? (Explain in space provided)
Heart Y N __________________________________________________
Hypertension Y N __________________________________________________
High
Cholesterol Y N __________________________________________________
Strokes/TIAs Y N __________________________________________________
Headaches Y N __________________________________________________
Neurologic (other) Y N __________________________________________________
Lung problems Y N __________________________________________________
Cancer Y N __________________________________________________
Diabetes Y N __________________________________________________
Thyroid Y N __________________________________________________
Stomach/colon Y N __________________________________________________
Kidney/bladder Y N __________________________________________________
Prostate Y N __________________________________________________
Menstrual Y N __________________________________________________
Arthritis Y N _____________________________________

[culticexecution]

Well I think my employer knows I am trans, but it is hard to say. I still have my birth name because I have not changed it yet.  So "legally" I am still female.  My employer has all that information. The place I work at is a pretty small place, so the Manager deals with a lot of paper work and we have all the people that do payroll and such in the same building as us. So they see my birth name quite a lot. That being said, no one has questioned it, not even my Manager (the head honcho of the whole place). They see me as a guy and treat me like one.  I have been on T for a year now by the way. Still pre-op. 

No one has ever asked me questions about it. I am not sure because they legit do not know or they do not care. You see my birth name is "Alejandra" and everyone here sees me as a guy. They may think that my name is just simply spelled wrong and it is meant to be "Alejandro" or that is just how I spell "Alejandro" with an "a".

When I first started working here, our pay checks displayed our names, obviously. One day my supervisor handed me my paycheck and said that my name was spelled wrong on the check so he was going to let my Manager know that it is spelled wrong etc. I was hesitant to tell him that that is the way that is spelled, but I told him before he sent it in. I just told him that it is spelled that way and that I have been meaning to fix it. He was confused, but just said okay. He never questioned me about it.

One of the other supervisors, alternate between calling me "Alejandro" and "Alejandra" Which bothers me to no end, but I feel like he does not know the difference? Seeing as it is a Spanish name, and he knows nothing of Spanish except for perhaps "Gracias" which means "Thank you". So I am not sure because they are completely oblivious, do not care, or rather not question it. Nonetheless, he still refers to me as male.

It makes me nervous, because I am not sure how they would react. I mean more my co-workers since we sort of grown fond of each other. As for management, the worse they could do is fire me. Which would be very discriminatory and would be rather inconvenient, but there are other jobs out there. Either way I would prefer not to get fired, I like my job.