Job/Internship applications
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trans Hey all, a question for my experience sisters and brothers.
So my situations is this: I'm early 20's, 6 months in on hormones & being full time, completely out in my school and church, haven't done any name or gender change paper work even though I'm permanently listed by my use name on the class rosters and almost never say my birth name out loud, still working on some stuff like restroom use in very public spaces like malls, and a second year seminary student.
My problem/question is this: I will be starting to apply for internships -I need to do a summer deal as a hospital chaplain intern, CPE for anyone who knows the lingo- here as soon as things calm down -like 2 weeks at most-, I know for sure that me being Trans will be a non-issue or at least no big deal in most of the places I'm applying - I asked a professor teaching a class I'm in on chaplaincy who works as a career hospital chaplain & that's basically what he said- and that a few places have had Trans interns in the recent past. Since I know things will be ok how do fill out the forms, I figure there will be a section for preferred name, but what about gender and how I do use the application to give the hospital a heads up that I'm going to be there looking different than the legal 'M' on the application would lead them to expect.
So the concise question is how do I work with a job/internship application to be honest about my gender and what I'm doing with that so that I start as myself while still being open about my situation.
I'm going to be asking my professor, but I think this community would have a better idea & actual experience in this general sort of things, I'd ask some other students but as far as i know there's no one close enough in perspective to offer advice -every other transperson on campus is decently older & has much more general career experience-, so I really appreciate this community here and the resource it provides.
So my situations is this: I'm early 20's, 6 months in on hormones & being full time, completely out in my school and church, haven't done any name or gender change paper work even though I'm permanently listed by my use name on the class rosters and almost never say my birth name out loud, still working on some stuff like restroom use in very public spaces like malls, and a second year seminary student.
My problem/question is this: I will be starting to apply for internships -I need to do a summer deal as a hospital chaplain intern, CPE for anyone who knows the lingo- here as soon as things calm down -like 2 weeks at most-, I know for sure that me being Trans will be a non-issue or at least no big deal in most of the places I'm applying - I asked a professor teaching a class I'm in on chaplaincy who works as a career hospital chaplain & that's basically what he said- and that a few places have had Trans interns in the recent past. Since I know things will be ok how do fill out the forms, I figure there will be a section for preferred name, but what about gender and how I do use the application to give the hospital a heads up that I'm going to be there looking different than the legal 'M' on the application would lead them to expect.
So the concise question is how do I work with a job/internship application to be honest about my gender and what I'm doing with that so that I start as myself while still being open about my situation.
I'm going to be asking my professor, but I think this community would have a better idea & actual experience in this general sort of things, I'd ask some other students but as far as i know there's no one close enough in perspective to offer advice -every other transperson on campus is decently older & has much more general career experience-, so I really appreciate this community here and the resource it provides.