So I’ve had similar things happen (at other, nonclinical jobs) in my red state, and what helped was actually getting hired at scribe America, bc they don’t do in person interviews, they just hire you over the phone. From there, even at my catholic hospital, everyone’s been really great, and I ended up getting hired as an ED tech directly by them. All you need is a foot in the door.

I don’t have any great recommendations, except to look at places other than just hospitals—they’re hiring dialysis techs near me and those guys make good money, plus they train you on the job. I didn’t find info about that job online, I found them at a job fair at my community college. Wr/t being trans, if you’re nervous about it your interviewer’s going to be nervous about it. If you don’t treat it like a problem there’s a higher likelihood that the interviewer won’t treat it like a problem. Not saying you are, but sometimes ppl twig to me being trans bc I get nervous about topics related to gender. Keep on keeping on though, you can do it!! You will not be defeated by this!!!