Quote from: Tristan on March 06, 2013, 07:35:38 PM
yeah i was. im not the only lbgtq employee either 

Another trans person or a gay person?

I work as a nurse practitioner for a larger healthcare organization. They had/have no transgender policies. With great fear I transitioned on the job with very few problems. Everyone I work with have accepted me for who I am and all and all for many my transition is a faded memory.

Quote from: Megan S on March 06, 2013, 08:16:22 PM
I work as a nurse practitioner for a larger healthcare organization. They had/have no transgender policies. With great fear I transitioned on the job with very few problems. Everyone I work with have accepted me for who I am and all and all for many my transition is a faded memory.

Megan you are so right. For what we see and deal with being trans is not that big if a deal. Um there's two other trans girls i know of at our hospital and one trans guy I know of.

Right now I work in IT for a hospital network in the Pacific Northwest. I'm not out yet there, but because of internal corporate politics and organizational restructuring I'm hoping to get out. For the most part I answer phones. I used to do more, but my job has devolved into being just a phone monkey, and with my voice being one of my dysphoria triggers, it's beginning to really bother me.

I've recently interviewed for a SQL development position for a software company around town. I know the QA lead there, and he wants me on his team, so this is about as much of a sure thing as I'm going to get for getting a new job. It'll pay a hell of a lot more than what I'm making now, and it's more in line with what I went to school for, so I'm crossing my fingers I'll get a call in the next couple of days that I've gotten the position.

I don't plan on coming out at work for at least another year, as much as I would like to. Privately, I may start trying to pass once I've got this hair situation under control. Professionally.... yeah. I want to make sure that I've got a year or two of QA devolpment under my belt (bra?) before I come out. That way if things go south, I've got a decent add on my resume, and then start applying elsewhere as a woman. We'll see.

Babysit, no really I take care of some big babies!

I work in Law Enforcement, I'm a cop, a  SHERIFF CORRECTIONS DEPUTY  My current duties are Jail Guard, Court Bailiff and Prisoner Transport.  I am currently in the process of transitioning on the job! I am the first and only trans person my department and entire county have ever had.

Write software for a small wine shop. Everyone has been incredibly accepting and supportive.

Senior software engineer/technical architect/technical authority at a HUGE mulit-national business services company. Right in the middle of transitioning on the job, as in I should be full-time within the next fortnight.

Transitioning on the job at a Silicon Valley Tech company (top maker of GPUs - which if you know that means, you will know my company ).

Nothing but positive experience, from HR, colleagues to general company environment.  No support for SRS on insurance (hopefully next year though).

I haven't told the CEO yet, I am curious what his reaction will be...

I own my art based business, very very busy with customers all over the country, some are quite high profile names that most people would recognize, I also have work in a couple major movies.

  And this is my biggest dilemma, I can't think of any way possible to go full time without some huge issues! I'm sure it would even make a few popular magazines, most likely the same ones that have featured my work....and it would not be favorable coverage in this very male dominated demographic I do work for.

At least I work from my large shop at home and local customers are by appointment only so I can just be myself as I work....it's all so frustrating

Trust me, I am a banker....

I work as a graphic designer at a large publishing company, yes I did transition on the job and they were super awesome and still are.

I work for a Toyota dealer. Some of my colleauges know that I am trans. They are very supportive and want me to transition (at my workplace). I am not ready yet though. Still have to work a lot on the voice. 

I used to work for a chemical plant in a shift system (12h shifts 7 to 7 either day or nightshifts) but when i was about to comming out to my parents and family, i noticed this job wouldnt last. not only because it has some hard physical labour on occasions. but the co workers were immense sexists. day in day out i only heard negativity in humiliation of females. thats when i knew i could not transition there or my life would be hell. So i switched to the family company where i worked part time outside of my shifts and just made that my fulltime job. When my stephfather founded the company i was the one who helped it get on his feet and continued to help him out on my free days. since i was the one who helped found it back in the time i had the title of " co-manager" wich the new employees never received. So when i made it my full time job i kept that title and i am still the co manager of the company doing mostly all the administration, paperwork, bills, taxes and such. Atm i am transitioning on this job with very little problems the only person above me is my stephdad who, at the same time, is also the most difficult person as he is a stubborn guy and he is very traditional and conservative ( he refuses to aknowledge me as a girl and keeps saying i am a boy and that it will never change for him) but other then that our employees are very understanding and are supportive wich wouldn't have happened at my old job.

I used to work in accounting, finance etc before I got married in August 2010. I now work as a fulltime housewife, yes homemaker, housewife etc etc etc lol is a job!!!!!

I sit in a cubicle and sort through millions of lines of code looking for...

No, seriously that's what I do except that I don't sit in a cubicle. Basically I'm a teacher. I teach computers how to do things they couldn't do before and freak out at people for asking me the same question over and over and over again (and it's always the same people doing it too).

I work for a major (perhaps the major) Electronic Health Record company. Which means I get to go to strange cities like Detroit and get called "Miss" and "She" by the nice (or possibly blind) valets. And also probably make the people I'm supposed to be helping very uncomfortable.

I'm transitioning at work; not out yet; one local trans* employee going ahead of me; everyone's very professional and polite.

I work as a telecommunications engineer for a utility company. I transitioned at work and have had no issues. Which is kind of a surprise as this is an extremely conservative work environment.

Quote from: Michelle G on March 07, 2013, 02:09:37 AM
I own my art based business, very very busy with customers all over the country, some are quite high profile names that most people would recognize, I also have work in a couple major movies.

  And this is my biggest dilemma, I can't think of any way possible to go full time without some huge issues! I'm sure it would even make a few popular magazines, most likely the same ones that have featured my work....and it would not be favorable coverage in this very male dominated demographic I do work for.

At least I work from my large shop at home and local customers are by appointment only so I can just be myself as I work....it's all so frustrating

I'll be honest and say this has me intensely curious. what would you consider the title of your job? I don't want you to basically out whatever you call your business, but I can't help but research my future fields.

Quote from: Bailey on March 07, 2013, 05:46:47 PM
I am a consultant for the engineering industry and I maintain offices at five different firms, and I teach on occasion as well.

I have several degrees in varying disciplines (four related to engineering), four of which are doctorates. Yes, I am a prodigy. I started university when I was fourteen and I have Aspergers as well. Being from Canada, I am protected on two fronts, firstly, for being on the Autism Spectrum and, secondly, for being transgendered. Companies try to avoid human rights tribunals at all costs, here. It's bad publicity and a drain on resources.

I was given a few strange looks when I told people that I was transgendered and a few people decided they didn't want to talk to me anymore. That didn't last long, though, because they needed me to sign off on their work. They've all seems to come around to accepting it in some way as best as I can tell. My appearance is quite androgynous. I don't wear skirts at all, so I don't stick out in that fashion, but on occasion I will wear dress crops or something similarly feminine and no one says anything unless some of the females say they look nice or want to know where I purchased them. The tops I wear are relatively unisex and don't draw much attention. Even if I wear a feminine top, my breasts aren't big enough to be noticed; it looks like I have pectorals. No one stares. I'm treated like a normal person. The men still treat me like "one of the guys" and the women treat me like a woman. I don't think many people care, really. I still get invited out to the various functions, most of which I decline, but nothing has really changed. Maybe the fact that I lack social awareness plays a factor, but I haven't noticed anything other than the women being extra nice to me now.

EDIT:

I'm also allowed to use whichever washroom I choose. I use the women's washroom ninety-eight percent of the time with no objections.

I'm calling you out on having 4 PhD's, surely you have some sort of proof?

Quote from: Tristan on March 06, 2013, 10:58:08 PM
Megan you are so right. For what we see and deal with being trans is not that big if a deal. Um there's two other trans girls i know of at our hospital and one trans guy I know of.

Oh I know, being transgender compared to so many other things is so very little. I think as a whole healthcare is likely a little more accepting due to this fact. Also I feel so many healthcare professions include at least teaching some awareness of trans individuals, which also helps. I was completely surprised by the patients which for the most part were very accepting. Like I said over time people just moved on and me being transgender is rarely even ever brought up.