okay I’m morbidly curious about the correlation between transness and unemployment. are you…

@kasdeya trans, and "it's complicated"

@kasdeya I am trans and employed, but I am not out at work. You may want to adjust followup polling if you’re looking for more accurate data.

@Steve to be honest there’s already a massive sampling bias since I’m asking on such a niche online platform - so I’m not going to take these results too seriously anyway hehe. also it felt weird and invasive to ask trans people if they were out or not, I guess - but maybe that’s me being overly cautious

@kasdeya thank you for providing a neither/nor option

@kasdeya
I'm cis, and hate taking polls. 🦎

@kasdeya trans and self-employed, if it matters

@kasdeya Okay, I chose trans and employed, but just wanted to clarify that I'm retired on Social Security earned from past employment, which I reckon still counts?

@kasdeya thank you so much for the neither cis nor trans options, I finally feel seen

@kasdeya not exactly by choice, my SS is not enough to set myself up, without my caregiver wages.
Essentially I CAN live on my SS where I am (California), but I can't get into a place, that I can stay, without my wages, because everything is owned by equity companies that require 2-1/2 times the rent, to move in.
I know this because my friend wasn't good with her inheritance and she literally just ran out of money (rent was 2x her actual income so every month she got closer to broke, until she didn't have enough to stay) and where I live is cheap enough for her to live on her income. But I had to sign for everything, because she didn't make 2.5x the rent.

@kasdeya Data collected where I live for the process of recommending to the government a way to deal with transgender issues (which was heavily criticised since it didn't consult any trans advocacy groups) found that, where I live, trans and non-binary individuals are more likely to be unemployed and more likely to have difficultly finding a place they can rent. Up to 10% of queer people at large face difficulties with employment and housing, where I live. And for trans and non-binary individuals, this jumps to up to 20%.
I am, myself, struggling with employment, having been fired from a job due to likely transphobic sentiment from the employer and/or workplace.
I am just glad my landlord rents out for cheaper than affordable in the area and is a family friend. I don't have to fear for housing at the moment.
It really fucking sucks.

@kasdeya Non binary and self employed.

@kasdeya I threw "neither cis nor trans" into a search engine and TIL about isogender

thanks for that, wish I had thought to ask sooner

@kasdeya Non-binary and barely employed after six months unemployed.

@dkozlov I’d say that counts!

@shijikori that is terrible omg. this is definitely what I suspected in terms of employment, but it didn’t occur to me that housing discrimination was a problem as well. I absolutely hate that

@fxchip to be honest I didn’t even know that isogender was a thing! I just guessed that there must be some third category that I’m not thinking of, so I added it as an afterthought - but I’m really glad that I did because a lot of people feel seen and included who otherwise wouldn’t

@kasdeya yeah. iirc, it's the combined data between housing and employment difficulties that shows the results i mentioned. I recall trans and non-binary having far more issues specifically on the employment side.
For housing, it's not as bad but it's still worse than lesbian and gay counterparts who have it slightly harder than cis-het people for both work and housing but not by a lot. Somewhere around 2 to 3% worse odds than cis-het.

@kasdeya where do i fall as a student ?

@kasdeya Trans and unemployed but that’s because I literally just dropped out of school and now I don’t have my on campus job

@kasdeya Cis and employed, but at what other cost? :neocatflop__w:

@kasdeya idk, am a student and like I do get some amount of money for attending lectures, does that count as employment?

@kasdeya I’m agender with all the pedantry that comes with a chemistry PhD and this poll makes me feel seen 💙

@kasdeya wow this is pretty stark

@kasdeya does being a student and having an on campus job/internship count

@kasdeya the quality of the employment is also something to look into lol, I am technically employed but I earn less than I would on unemployment here (can't take the option for immigration status reasons)

@kasdeya Therian and self-employed, I wear a collar when dealing with customers. I'd also wear ears and tail but thought that might not be accepted well, for now my phantom tail just keeps wrapping around things, it's more than just an anxiety relief, it obliterates me with cute euphoria. I also told ChatGPT to talk like a furry since I use it for coding assistance help at work. My furry obsession only deepens with age, one day I'll yolo it and wear a full fursuit at work.

@kasdeya I suppose cis-genderless / cis-by-default / nullgender is "neither cis nor trans" in this poll?

@kasdeya
Trans and employed but that's going to change soon 🙃

@kasdeya being trans is one of my biggest barriers to employment currently

@kasdeya does nonbinary fall under “neither cis nor trans?”

@sleepybisexual @kasdeya same

@kasdeya uh.. i study but i 'feel' unemployed qwq