QuoteAgainst the advice of the members of this forum I outed myself to a perspective employer. Or at least I thought I did. The reason I did was the idea of going through the hiring process and then coming out once I got hired or sometime there after feels wrong to me, dishonest or something like that. Oh well, that's water under the bridge cause I clarified the situation thinking things were cool. The recruiter was shocked! And she was in California. Near San Francisco. Come on.
As a general rule, you're not deceiving anyone by not announcing your gender status. In fact, unless the job specifically calls for "male" or "female", I *think* it's illegal for an interviewer to even ask.
(I can't think of any job that is gender-specific, other than "fertilization" and "carrying a baby to term.") They also can't ask marital status, disability, or a number of things. If they do ask, you are within your rights (in the US) to refuse to answer...be polite about it, but be firm.
Of course, they rely on the question, "Tell me a little about yourself" in order for you to volunteer the information to these (and other) questions.
All that being said...if the recruiter sent you a reply saying anything to the effect of, "Oh, you're trans? We don't want any of *those* kind here...", you very likely have a really good chance at a discrimination lawsuit. DO NOT DELETE THAT EMAIL.
Good luck! And, in my experience, employers don't really care all that much about grades (unless they're really bad grades LOL), they care more about how well you can interact with others. Put on a smile, make your interviewer your new friend.