Quote from: tekla on February 13, 2010, 01:12:51 AM
The reality is that if company XYZ does not like guys with long hair (policy or not) they will not hire you if your hair is long - and since they have so many applications for the job, its going to be hard to do anything about it.

And the sign said long haired freaky people need not apply
So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why
He said you look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do
So I took off my hat I said imagine that, huh, me working for you

5 man electrical band - signs

If you eliminate people because of the length of their hair you are probably bypassing a fair amount of talent.

As well as concentrating more on what is between one's legs than between one's ears.....

38 states one can still be fired for being transgender, 29 states fired for being gay or lesbian.
Even if you work for a company that includes "gender identity/gender expression" in their EOE statement, it still gets staffed by "locals". I learned this first hand when I transferred to another store within the company. Now I am off to one of those other 12 states where state laws are better for work opportunities.
Always consider your options and best of luck to you.
Hugs~

I have my own business, but I no longer need to dedicate endless hours to it. I've been wanting to get out and get a part time job at some crappy place to get out. But if my appearance will present to much of a problem, I'll just travel abroad and work from my laptop ^_^

I worked for the Richmond Va city government when I was legally male. There were strict hair rules for police and fire personel, but "civilian" employees had no hair rules and I wore my hair in a Mick Jagger shag the entire time I was there. Seemed cool at the time. In the Seventies, the City Manager had dredds to his shoulders!

I'm sure that the artists for Disney, and the people who work for the various Disney movies are not subject to the park dress code either.  Some places, some jobs are more expressive than others, wacky-funky dress is fine in some situations, required in others (rock club cocktails waitresses, people working in ever-so-hip trendy boutiques), but in banking, well not so much.  However if you love wearing a suit, perhaps banking, stock brokers, finance company work might be just what you are dreaming of.  I have a friend who works in one of the big heavy downtown law firms and he says that casual Friday means its OK to wear a 2 piece suit and not the 3 piece suit.  Where I work we generally abuse people in suits and the dress code is non-existent and it shows!