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Being Transgender And Looking For A Job In The Valley: ‘I Could Tell It Wasn’t Going To Work Out’

Mikayla Argain squeezes liquid out of a tube of peach-colored foundation onto a makeup sponge and starts brushing it on in front of a small mirror. “This is what my ritual would be when I get home from a day being ‘masculine me’ and working to fix the computer issues of the day,” Argain said. It’s 6:45 p.m. and Argain just got home from work. Argain, a Clovis resident, works in tech and identifies as nonbinary, which means one is not exclusively masculine or feminine. Argain’s preferred pronouns are “they,” “them” and “their.” “I go by ‘they’ ‘them’ pronouns primarily because it feels the most comfortable in my situation as presenting both masculine and feminine,” Argain said. Argain, whose gender was assigned male at birth, takes hormones and has facial hair removed with a laser to look more feminine. Transitioning has made Argain feel more like themself, they said. However, in the past, identifying as nonbinary and dressing in a feminine manner has made it more difficult to find work
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