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Originally Posted by Ol' Jet
I still want to leave the question open here on the thread as well as, does your work know?
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I work for myself right now, so it's a non-issue. It was also very intentionally set up that way.
My entire career prior to my transition (fresh out of college and for the next 21 years) was in K-12 public education. When I decided to move forward with my transition, I was out of the schools and working in central office.
There wasn't one ounce of my being that believed I would be able to announce my transition and carry it out in that position (even though I wasn't physically in a school at that time).
I was a top-notch employee, so maybe it would not have been an issue. I don't know. I do know that the school system I was in did not protect individuals on the basis of gender identity (or sexual orientation, for that matter), and I had a sickening feeling that they would find some way to either get rid of me or push me out.
Disgusting, I know; but it was a feeling I just couldn't shake.
So my lady and I made other plans for me and for 'us', and that is the life we are living now.