Em 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 5, 2023

Interacting with folks at work is amusing, particularly since I’m on mostly telework so no one sees me on a daily basis and I’m not out to anyone. Whenever I’ve been asked how I’m doing, I have no problem telling them about my mental breakdown last year and my subsequent “quest to find myself, improve my body and mind, and take care of the real me.”

Lots of support when I leave it at that. One of my favorite subordinates responded yesterday, “I’d really like to know more about what you’re doing sometime because that’s so important.” I couldn’t help but smile when I responded with a “I’d love to tell you my story if we ever meet up.” (She’s 100% remote and I’ve never even seen her IRL).

Show threadEm 🏳️‍⚧️

Similarly, I’m meeting my HR rep in person for drinks next week. She’s another remote person flying in to do training so this will be the first time we ever see each other. Even though we’ve never met we have a great working relationship since I do all the hiring for my group and I cause the least drama since I do my job well.

I’m sooo tempted to ask her what the policy is for changing name/gender… hypothetically speaking of course (says the increasingly fem person that is starting to look a bit different than her official portrait on Teams). The future is full of anxiety, but I can’t help but be amused by the little things.

Jan 5, 2023 at 12:28pmWeb
Show threadXandre The Nth DroidJan 5, 2023

@emma Sending you strength to ask for the policy. It's so hard to do at your current workplace. Changing it during a job move is so much easier.

I changed mine after 10 years at the same company. But with just positive feedback so far.