I know a number of trans people who are successful in business some own their own business some work for large corporations, some are professionals while some are blue collar. The Advocate has an article about one success story,
I have bumped in to trans people in all walks of life. At the supermarket I think there is a trans girl who is a clerk there, I ran in to a friend at a large box construction supply store, I know a number of trans people who are in government employees, federal, state and local agencies. Some are project engineers, or own their own engineering company, and some are professors. Another is a pastor of a church.
I also know some who can’t get their foot in the door and are worrying as they see their life savings dwindle and are hoping that it last until they find a job.
WATCH: MSNBC Tells a Trans Businesswoman of Color's Success StoryI admit that finding employment is not easy in today’s job market, even highly skilled people have a hard time finding a job and being trans makes it harder and if you are a minority as well as trans it can be nearly impossible. Many times we are not employed at the level that we are qualified.
After covering the tragic story of a transgender teen, Melissa Harris-Perry spotlights Angelica Ross as an example of success.
BY Dawn Ennis
January 7, 2015
Angelica Ross found herself fired from job after job after transitioning and was told her only choice as a woman of color was to become a showgirl or a sex worker. She didn’t agree, and she resigned from her job last June to start her own company. Now she is CEO of TransTech Social Enterprises, a creative design firm with an apprenticeship program that empowers trans people with technological skills. “I believe in the vision that I’ve had for so long,” Ross says in the MSNBC report. Watch below.
I have bumped in to trans people in all walks of life. At the supermarket I think there is a trans girl who is a clerk there, I ran in to a friend at a large box construction supply store, I know a number of trans people who are in government employees, federal, state and local agencies. Some are project engineers, or own their own engineering company, and some are professors. Another is a pastor of a church.
I also know some who can’t get their foot in the door and are worrying as they see their life savings dwindle and are hoping that it last until they find a job.
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