r/Paramedics • u/Ben__Diesel • 5d ago

Are there any gay paramedics out there?

Happy, I think is the term. Like not overworked or underpaid?

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u/Dirtdancefire 5d ago

In the eighties my private ambulance preceptor was gay, and out. Since I got along with him fine, I was branded as being gay by the Fire department that I later got hired by. He was extremely intelligent, confident and very competent. I was stoked he was my trainer. (I’m not a bigot and not homophobic). The fire department was very homophobic. The few guys I suspected of being gay stayed in the closet. I just sort of took the abuse, as I thought it was kinda funny. Being married with two kids and I was ‘still’ gay. Never made any friends on the department, which was fine.

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u/flywhatever101 4d ago

This right here