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52 <br />isolated, lose contact with world, could become suicidal. <br />• Unemployed, facing homelessness, and feel I have no future. <br />• If in transitional state, people less likely to want to rent to you. <br />• Live in South Eugene; when started coming out, brought us closer to neighbors, not further apart. One neighbor with <br />confederate flag on their truck questionable. <br />• A lot of hypervigilance about my neighbors; afraid to present myself out in my front yard, to weed. <br /> <br />Jobs <br />• Jobs, especially small businesses. Discrimination from ignorance; don’t know what transgender is. <br />• I have been called to job interviews and turned away. <br />• Jobs, concern, is it going to be an issue, is it not? I have been hired for my skills, old job, bathroom issues. <br />• Look for work, not easy, lot of interviews, no hires. <br /> <br />K-12 Education <br /> <br />Higher Education <br /> <br />Social Services <br />• Need to educate medical providers, both doctors and nurses. We do the education about the treatment they are <br />giving us; we should not have to do that. <br />• Should not be my job to educate nurses. <br />• Friend was booted from the Mission as soon as workers there realized she was trans. <br />• There have been issues with Ridesource drivers. <br />• Assaulted at VA by a doctor, during an exam. Been discriminated in the VA here and in Roseburg. Assault is on the <br />record. <br /> <br /> <br />Hostile Political Environment <br />• Powerful elements in society committed to harm us, encouraging states to pass laws, e.g., bathroom bills. <br />• “This law is as much about bathrooms as water fountains were during Jim Crow.” <br />• Bathroom bills are designed to dehumanize. Extremely painful on a personal level. Fundamental religious <br />organizations back these laws. <br /> <br /> <br />Micro-aggressions <br />• Am hypervigilant. When guard is let down, that is when bias incidents happen. <br />• At my job, some customers “give me my menu and walk away.” <br />• As a trans person, relate to not seeing people like you in authority. <br /> <br /> <br />Isolation and Need for Safe Space <br />• There is a nice support network, people are accepting, more people understand. <br />• Was in L.A. I like Eugene, a little more welcoming, friendly community. Haven’t had much problem. <br />• Make connections and friends like you because they will be your support. Nice to know you are not alone. <br />• Get involved with Transponder, be with people like you. <br />• Community has evolved and there is more support in the last five years. Trueselves web site is helpful; FB/Reddit <br />for trans, asking questions, getting answers. Live people more helpful. <br />• Eugene gives you breathing room to figure things out. <br />• Societal pressures/discrimination; got here and it was like the chains came off. Wayward Lamb is welcoming. <br />• It’s easy to be isolated, especially at the beginning of transition, awkward stage, easy to become insular. <br />• Transitioned in Eugene in 90s, from ’95-2000. Now being a trans woman in the community, larger support network. <br />• Get involved with Transponder or gender support group. Common experience all of us have. Knowing you are with <br />people who get it, who understand what you are going through every day. <br />• Most early transitions report on the internet. Lynn Conroy’s site is invaluable. <br />• Moved at 17, moved a lot, Eugene has felt like my first true home, about 7 years now. <br />• What pronouns would you prefer? “Thank you so much for respecting me.” <br />• Feel blessed that I live here in this city, that I have the Transponder community. <br />September 12, 2018, Work Session - Item 1