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People being angry about ~dem gays~ on Target’s Facebook.
I just want to give my two cents on this and tell you a story.
A couple weeks ago, I was hired at Target. I have a job at Target. Not a big deal right?
It is a big deal because i’m a transman.
It doesn’t take a genius to conclude that it’s hard for me, my brothers, and sisters to get a job. There are legal restraints regarding the job and if you don’t pass, it’s hard to be taken seriously at a job interview.
Right on the application, it asks what your preferred name is. It also asks if there is anything that target should know. I put the fact that I am a transman, expecting not to get a call because usually when you put that down, people will throw out the application. I got TWO interviews.
At the interview, they asked me about it. I told them I am on hormones and they told me that they didn’t care. Not in the sense that they don’t emotionally care, but that it didn’t matter. I was male and that’s all that mattered. They also told me that they give sex same couples benefits in states that do not recognize them as a married couple.
At my job orientation, I was not misgendered once. Even my supervisors who weren’t sure of my gender avoided pronoun use, which I found only happens when you’ve had pronoun training. They gave me a name tag with my preferred name and didn’t ask questions. I felt safe and respected, which is huge for a trans* person.
TLDR: Target is amazing not just for the LGB, but also the T. Shop there for the rest of your life.
Where I’m from: Alabama
Where I would like to live: Oregon
Favourite food: Right now, anyReligion: Agnostic
Sexual orientation: Straight
Relationship status: EngagedFavourite book: Right now it is A Song of Ice and Fire series
Favourite movie: Too many to list
Favourite TV show: Elementary and Bomb Girls!Random fact about me: I make up nonsense songs to sing to anyone who will listen
Favorite day of the year: My birthday!
Favourite colour: Yellow
If I have any pets; if so, their names: None right now
What I’m listening to right now: Air conditionerWhat’s my ringtone: The beginning of the song Petrified Life and the Twice Told Joke (Descrepit Bricks) by Gym Class Heroes, it is Fur Elise on guitar
Favourite character from a TV show: Joan Watson because she is queen of the universe
Favourite character from a movie: Too hard to answerWhat my name means: Real name? jewel or color. Tumblr username is my roller derby name if I ever join one
Celebrity crush: Ke$ha definitely!
Whenever I’m on my period I’m always tired, angry, weeping, and a bottomless pit of hunger.
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