A Tale Of Two Trans Police Officers

First the good,

Austin PD welcomes first transgender officer
Senior Officer Greg Abbink has been with the force for a decade
KXAN
By Angie Beavin
Nov 26, 2014

Outside of Austin’s city hall on Thursday, people gathered for the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Each year someone from APD’s Lesbian and Gay Police Officers Association is one of the speakers. This year was the first time the department had a transgender officer be that person.
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“Not that I started out to be this, but, I’d like to be a role model if I can,” he added.
Now the bad,

Here in Connecticut another police officer transitioned on the job in Middletown and she faced harassment and discrimination.

Fired Trans Police Officer Sues Connecticut Town Over Alleged Discrimination
Francesca Quaranta's lawsuit describes being verbally harassed, excessively scrutinized by superiors, and ultimately pushed out of her long-term job.
The Advocate
By Mitch Kellaway
January 14, 2015

In 2013, Quaranta made headlines when she officially filed a complaint with the Connecticut Human Rights Commission alleging her supervisors had created a hostile working environment, the Associated Press reported. According to the complaint, the discrimination Quaranta faced included excessive scrutiny, being asked to remove her earrings despite them being allowed for other female offiers [sic], and a lieutenant referring to her with a male name and questioning whether she was fit for duty.

A member of the police force since 2004, Quaranta stated that her longtime coworkers were initally supportive of her transition but soon became hostile, resulting in her taking a paid administrative leave for several months. When Quaranta returned to work, she reportedly failed a "fitness-for-duty" evaluation that resulted in her position being terminated.

Here in Connecticut we are a bastion of blue liberalism while Texas is known for its conservatism, how ironic that a trans officer finds support in Texas while here in Connecticut the trans officer is forced off the job.

And I also have to wonder if the fact that the officer in Texas is a trans man while here in Connecticut the officer is a trans woman, did gender play a role in the way each was treated? He became one of “the boys.”