Jobs?

[Radar]

In a bad economy, and when I have bills to pay, yes, I would put up with a less-than-ideal work situation until I found something better.

Yep, that's my situation right now.

I was referring more to if you didn't get a job because they knew you were trans it was probably best you didn't get it. If they found out and were intolerant they could fire you (in most states) and may be horrible references for future jobs and out you then. Sometimes some things, in the long run, aren't worth it.

[Arch]

I was referring more to if you didn't get a job because they knew you were trans it was probably best you didn't get it. If they found out and were intolerant they could fire you (in most states) and may be horrible references for future jobs and out you then. Sometimes some things, in the long run, aren't worth it.

I agree, unless you're freaking desperate.

[asher]

Looks like you've gotten a lot of good responses about jobs in general So I'll try to help as far as 'artsy' jobs are concerned XD
It depends on what kind of 'artsy' you're talking about. A lot of visual art careers will likely be surrounded by liberal/open minded people, but you know it depends. From my experience, most people I have encountered are very open minded and I have yet to come across anyone who would take issue with it. Granted I am a freelance illustrator, I am working full time for an independent game company right now but still freelance, so it's not as if I go to a workplace and deal with coworkers and such every day. But those who I do work with, and communicate with via phone and voice chat, have been perfectly fabulous about it.

But you know conservative and/or uneducated/misunderstanding people are everywhere. The fields of art extend far and wide. When I was in school my work was heavily influenced by gender variance and general LGBT themes, my professors were all seasoned artists and art directors, they seemed to think I would have no trouble save from exclusively religious companies. If you're looking for somewhere to apply that will be more likely to be accepting, I think where art is concerned it's fairly safe to say it's common sense. If you're going to apply to something more like a family arts and crafts type store as a clerk, or an art museum or gallery  that is conservative, it seems more possible you could run into trouble. Just because it's an artsy type job doesn't mean anyone and everyone there will be accepting, but I doubt you'll have so much trouble you won't be able to work at all

[Radar]

My job would fall under the "artsy" category, too. What I've noticed is that if you work in an art-focused department but the company has other departments then we tend to get away with more stuff. The art department can be considered eccentric and less rules are applied.

One example is our dress code isn't as strict and we can afford to be more "different" than other people and other departments. I guess many assume that we don't follow the regular rules and have our own code.

Some companies even encourage this to keep us creative and feel less stifled. However, there are some companies that would just be bad news to work for... being trans and "artsy". You'll know these companies when you run into them. Alarm bells will go off. Do not ignore them.