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dolariI'm always surprised at the number of people at AwesomeJob who are (I suspect) transgendered. I don't know if its AwesomeJob's work environment, or just a sign of the times, but its most welcoming.
A part of me want to go up to these folks and introduce myself...WHICH IS PRECISELY THE WRONG THING TO DO. A major goal for most of us is simply "to be ignored." Just another girl in the crowd.
Another part of me feels guilty because I don't always look the part. Like today, technically, I'm wearing a girls top, and girl's jeans and girl's shoes...but that translates to t-shirt'n'jeans. I don't put in much effort at passing anymore, since I haven't passed in years. I always feel like I've let the ones who do down.
Note to self - do laundry so you CAN have something nice to wear...
Anyways...nice to see more of us working as we wished we could. Hope to say hello one day. :)
A part of me want to go up to these folks and introduce myself...WHICH IS PRECISELY THE WRONG THING TO DO. A major goal for most of us is simply "to be ignored." Just another girl in the crowd.
Another part of me feels guilty because I don't always look the part. Like today, technically, I'm wearing a girls top, and girl's jeans and girl's shoes...but that translates to t-shirt'n'jeans. I don't put in much effort at passing anymore, since I haven't passed in years. I always feel like I've let the ones who do down.
Note to self - do laundry so you CAN have something nice to wear...
Anyways...nice to see more of us working as we wished we could. Hope to say hello one day. :)
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Date: 2012-05-09 02:54 am (UTC)I've seen a fair number of probably-trans*-folk via my current CSR job. Many shades thereof, at that. One or two have picked me out as "Yay! Friendly!" but I've yet to find a way to do the same for others in a neutral manner. I just take comfort in the fact that, if I'm picking up a "trans-vibe" from someone, they're likely picking up such from me -- and treating each other as we would anyone else is exactly the right thing to do.