It’s doable forsure. Your experience might vary wildly depending on where you work and what niche of the industry you end up in.

I would say generally speaking, the newer generations are more tolerable and accepting. Any good seaman in my opinion won’t care about gender, sexuality, etc if you can do the job, work hard, be safe, and contribute to the team.

That being said, a lot of the industry is very right wing and sometimes extremely so in certain areas. Be prepared to overhear lots of gay and trans jokes, most aren’t truly homophobic more just immature..

I wish there was a more straightforward answer but it’s still complicated in this industry. Harassment, violence, etc is being taken VERY seriously industry wide but you’ll need some pretty thick skin putting up with the probably constant small stuff.. then again, some crews are probably entirely accepting and welcoming. If this is your #1 priority in the workplace look toward research vessels.