Being Trans* in College?

romanigypsyeyes
Fri, 21 Aug 2015 13:22:49 +0000

It’s going to depend on your school and even program. I go to a large but liberal school in an extremely liberal department. With those profs, they would rather know so they can properly address you in speech.

If you are not willing to talk to them then you can’t be upset if they used the wrong pronouns or whatnot. If you have a preferred name, pipe up when they first sat your name. That’s just good to do regardless of gender.

If you do talk to them and they slip up, recognize they are human and are likely not going it on purpose. If they are then I’d talk to your queer support center on campus.

In general it sounds like you could really benefit from general therapy for anxiety. Reach out to the queer center for recommendations.

(hugs) recognition and acceptance for queer and gender non confirming individuals has improved so much even in the last few years. You might be pleasantly surprised to see how few issues you’ll have with this.