πΈππ²π»πͺπ·ππͺπΈSeveral months ago I switched my office along with the rest of my team into a different building about a mile away, because my company is supposed to be doing renovation work and our actual office area after which we would be moving back. I like my normal building, but the office area at my current building has gender-neutral restrooms. I know they weren't done that way on purpose, it was more to economize needing additional restrooms in that area.
I have been absolutely enjoying having that luxury. Unfortunately now for the next couple weeks I'm back in my normal building sitting in a temporary location. I no longer have that luxury, and I feel alienated by my actual building because my deliberately chosen normal work manifestation is masculine coded. I could just change that fact, but while my company's employee reference guide promises gender expression as a protected trait, corporate culture leads me to think otherwise.
That said, it's not like I've exactly been trying to hide my gender fluidity these past few months. My desktop wallpaper is the gender fluid pride flag. My reusable water tumbler is the same, overlaid with a sun and moon image that seems to represent me sufficiently. And I'm certain that the fact that I've given up wearing masculine undergarments at all has not gone unnoticed at some point.
In that same time period however my boss has noticed that my productivity has soared through the roof. I'm not surprised. I feel more like myself.