international transgender day of visibility

INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY UPDATE
INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY PROFESSIONAL

Do you have any role models, if so, who?ĭr Michael Macey from the Open University. I encourage embracing your identity as much as possible, but sometimes you need to prioritise your safety before you focus on anything else. Science is, unfortunately, still overshadowed by the ‘old ways’, which means you may be likely to encounter a senior member of staff who doesn’t exactly approve of your existence. My biggest piece of advice would be to gauge the environment you’re in before coming out. Is there any advice that you would give to other people whom identity as trans working in or studying microbiology (or hoping to in the future)? For this, and for the understanding of those I meet, I am eternally grateful. I understand that I am the exception, not the rule, and that I am in a privileged position. As in my 2019 interview, I am very lucky to have encountered no obstacles with university or work because of my gender identity any minor concerns have now been essentially erased as I now pass full-time as a man. I can answer this with a very grateful “no”. In our previous interview, we asked a lot about your experiences as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, but are there any particular challenges you’ve faced that are more specific to being a trans man at university/in STEM? So, on TDoV, I do like to reconnect with the public side of my identity. I take the time to post about my identity on social media, which is something I’ve found myself doing much less often than I used to, partially because I now pass (as a man) in my day-to-day life, and as such, I don’t feel the same drive to ‘come out’ unless it comes up in conversation. the day I realised I was trans) so I tend to bundle the two celebrations together. TDoV is quite close to my ‘trans birthday’ (9 March, e.g. I miss the joy of seeing bacterial colonies growing on an agar plate, but I am glad to be working somewhere that smells a bit nicer than the inside of an incubator! It’s TDoV on 31 March 2022 will you be doing anything to celebrate or raise awareness?

I have worked in a launderette, an aquarium, a COVID-19 testing laboratory, an infant formula factory, and I have just started a new role in a candle factory – handling regulatory affairs and poison controls.

INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY PROFESSIONAL

Over the past three years, I will admit that I have drifted away from professional microbiology as there aren’t many relevant job opportunities where I live. I finished up my undergraduate dissertation only a few days after the first UK lockdown started and, thankfully, graduated with a first! I’ve decided not to pursue higher education for now (primarily because I don’t want to relocate away from the lovely countryside just yet!).

INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY UPDATE

IStock/nito100 © James Oliver Back in 2019, we interviewed you for LGBTSTEM Day, could you update us on your studies/work?

International transgender day of visibility