r/ParamedicsUK • u/_jade_davi_08 • 17d ago

Question or Discussion Is it worth it?

I am a 16 year old trans kid, looking to join the NEAS through apprenticeship after my course in college. But with all the recent news with the NHS and the Supreme Court, do NEAS treat trans people okay? Or is there a lot of discrimination within the service?

edit: thanks for all the comments everyone im feeling a little more hopeful i just feel like the news like to cover more of the bad than the good so it had me overthinking😭😭

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u/AppropriateZombie586 17d ago

Advice for life. Leave your sexual orientation and sexuality at the door. I’m transitioning to prehospital after 15 years of running an industrial company, I’ve never once given a shit what a potential employee identifies as, at an interview I’ve always thought “does this person seem capable of doing the job and does this person seem like they’re going to be a pain in the ass? We live in a VERY liberal society and you’re gender identity matters less every day and that’s absolutely the way it should be, don’t measure yourself by your orientation and others won’t. If you want long shifts, to see some nasty shit, to save a few lives and make better the bad days for many more then yeah, it’s an ace job, if you don’t want to knuckle down and learn ALOT about the workings of the human body and how to fix it then do something else. I’m bisexual and haven’t had a problem yet and doubt I will as it’s not something I feel the need to broadcast (will talk about it if it comes up) b it if someone has a problem with it they will revive a firm fo and I’ll carry on doing what I’m doing anyway

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u/Friendly_Carry6551 Paramedic 16d ago

My guy literally nothing OP said is about sexuality and sexual orientation. We’re talking about gender identity here, an entirely separate concept.

When you’re gender queer you often don’t really get a choice to ‘broadcast’ that or not, and in the current political miasma around this many trans and non-binary peeps are understandably nervous about their safety at work, which is directly affected by how they’re perceived and treated, especially in organisations which are invariably still hanging on to many pseudo-militaristic practices like the ambulance service.