The whole reason I started working at Starbucks was for their benefits for trans people (I’m a trans girl, she/her pronouns). The first sixth months I was happy to work for the company, knowing that eventually I could have surgery and finally be comfortable with my body. Then I tried getting them to just pay for the comparably cheap procedures you need to do to even be considered for surgery and ran into a wall of red tape. They need to talk to my doctor, then they need to see if they will cover the business doing the procedure etc etc...

When I was looking back over things, most of the wording says they will reimburse you for surgery or anything else. Well there is no way I could save up that much working as a barista, especially considering that theirs nothing concrete saying they will pay you back.

Long story short, has anyone actually had Starbucks cover anything more than $100 for trans related care? I don’t mean the insurance you pay them for, I mean Starbucks covering what insurance won’t. I can’t tell if I’m being paranoid and cynical, or if I really fell for some corporate bullshit recruitment tool.

I want to have hope, I want to think their is a reason for me working here. I so desperately want to have some one tell me Starbucks actually came through with their promise. I’m feeling utterly hopeless and depressed, and I would love for someone to tell me that Starbucks actually helped them with gender confirmation surgery.

🌈Thank you for your time, and I’m so sorry for being such a cynical pessimist.