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Record-breaking number of businesses showing real LGBTQ+ allyship, figures show
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Right, but there's a difference between not being able to adequately respond to a unique situation and not having any training for a fairly common recurring situation. Pharmacies around here service thousands of people, and they're where any trans people on HRT are getting their hormones. People may tend to cluster toward pharmacies where they have an easier time (I certainly do at this point), but it's still going to be a fairly regular occurrence for them to be dealing with trans people.
A company the size of Walgreens, in this instance, has no excuse. If a heartless union buster like Starbucks can manage some basic training on how to not be completely flummoxed and unprepared for the existence of trans people, a critical point of contact for trans people like a pharmacy can do the same.
You're not wrong. I stopped going to CVS in part because only a portion of the pharmacy staff could be respectful. Two of the three actual pharmacists (both of the men -_-) obviously didn't care if I got my estrogen or injection supplies. They also couldn't keep my supplies in stock or get them in a timely manner, then treated me like I was seeking drug paraphernalia when I constantly needed syringes.
I guess I just don't trust that anyone has adequate training and policies for this. My experience is that, if there isn't anyone with authority making us a policy priority, we are at the mercy of the personal beliefs and opinions of whoever is working at the moment. =/