Yay! First post ever and it is kinda a rant! I want to more make it come across as a brainfart/rambling though. Usually I just think out loud. Don't mind me .

During my course and every internship I did I was always that creative weirdo and although I wasn't transition yet, I was changing a lot. I became a lot more feminine but being successful at what I did I got away with it and it almost was a positive thing because I stood out.

Now that I am looking for a job they invite me over for an interview because I still stand out but when I do tell them I am transgender (I rather be honest about it), I don't get the job and I think it is because they see the troubled side of it. They don't tell me that is the reason but the reason is so vague every time that I think it is because they see it as a problem.

I stand in my transition very lightly. Maybe some will disagree but I don't see it as a problem but a solution. It won't make me depressive, but happy. If anything my transition will only make things easier for me the only changes a future job will see is that I now come in as a very feminine looking guyish person who eventually will be more and more a woman. Does anyone maybe have suggestions how I can make my future job position see it like that? Well, the person you talk with. You can't talk with your own position xD.

I actually didn't ramble this time, wow .

No matter how you view something, you really can't control how another person will feel about it. Unfortunately, just being trans makes a lot of people uncomfortable.

You can be completely, 100% honest without revealing every little detail about yourself. Some things might be a need-to-know thing only. Maybe you'd be able to show them it's not a problem after they hired you. Legally, (if you're in the US or another country with the right laws), they can't discriminate because you're trans, but in reality all that does is stop them from saying that's the reason. It's a lot easier to show them it's really not that big a deal after you've been hired.

In way less cynical words, this is a lot like interviewing for a job, let's say hypothetically as a car mechanic or something, and you say in the interview you're passionate about football.  Maybe you really love football, but it's not relevant to the job at all. Your passion might put them off, just because you're talking to them about something that has absolutely nothing to do with fixing cars. In an interview or a resume, you really want to focus on the job, and just the job. Everything else can come later, after you're already employed by them.

That's my opinion, anyway. Maybe other people might feel differently, and maybe I'm wrong.

Nu uh I get what you mean and I do agree with it. It is just funny that I talk about it really easily and because most people approach me and are like .. .. you are tall .. and.. eh what are you o.o? But it is actually a good point to just go with the flow and make it known after I got the job. Many people who I told it they see it the same as with pregnancy where they know the person soon won't be able to work for months. But transitioning isn't anything like that o.O.

People have all kinds of misconceptions about trans issues and I think a job interview is really not the best place and time to enlighten them about these issues.

You may talk about it easily now but I bet that you had some time to think and research about your issues and to come to terms with your transsexualism. They did not have this time and experience, they just want to hire the best person for the job.

You have to prove that you will be a great asset to the company.

Think about it this way:

You have two candidates for a job, both have the same qualifications and the same experience.

One is a seemingly normal guy without any surprises with no foreseeable problems in the future.

The other candidate is officially a guy who wants to transition to be a girl.
You may think that it is not a big deal but that is not entirely true.
Think about doctor appointments, HRT, surgeries, the possible negative reaction of the coworkers.

They will choose the candidate who they think will cause less problems for the company. From their point of view that is not the trans* person. They do not want to deal with issues they know so little about, they will choose the easy way.

After you are hired and proven your worth and they see you as a reliable person they will be more likely to listen to you about your trans issues.

I am in kind of the same situation as you are. And even while we have strict laws against discrimination that does not stop anybody from not hiring me when they see something is off or they think my situation would cause problems for the company.