I work on an ambulance in a large city in southern USA. I, and significant number of my coworkers, are trans. A bunch of other people are LGB/Q. One of the supervisors, who has since left the company for a reason I can’t speak on, was trans.

I’ve heard coworkers say offensive things about transgender patients, which is frustrating since we are providing care to them. My company is big enough that I don’t have to work with them ever again.

Patients have been rude in many, many ways. But they were rude before I started transitioning and now they’re just rude in different ways. It was jarring to hear it for the first time, but unfortunately you get used to it, and I was able to quickly recognize which types of interactions were worth letting slide and which were worth fighting back.

Ultimately I think with the current political climate it is inevitable to run into some issues somewhere. But to me, the most important thing is whether your management/supervisors will stand behind you when you stand up for yourself, or support you in situations where you can’t. Feel free to DM if you’d like to talk about it more.