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Most of us will have to face transphobia and bigotry. How have you learned to respond to this?

I have decided to not hide, even though I am well aware I pass. I will bring up my transness if it relates to the topic of conversation and contributes in some way. I have friends by my side and I do not live in a particularly bad area to being trans in. I am not afraid and pepper spray is legal here. Not hiding gives me the opportunity to filter out people given their responses, or they can just go away themselves.

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Discussion: trans-programmer workplaces

Hi,

I started freelancing a few years ago. I'm a front-end developer. I hadn't changed my legal name then yet. So, I did what every trans programmer should do. Not disclose the fact, as long as I can.

I remember my first customer very well. I told him after I was contracted that my name wasn't the name that was going to show up on the invoices. He freaked out... because he thought I was outsourcing the job. The "ohhhh okay" of relief he exhaled when I said I'm trans is something I will not forget.

No company that I know has cared about me being trans, nor it has impacted anything, which is, in my opinion, how it should be. I do not need to disclose my transness anymore (neither I freelance), but I know it wouldn't be an issue. I only remember transphobia from my family. Just in case, I'm spanish, maybe your mileage will vary elsewhere.

Hope this is informative!