Transition Together

A couple's experience through gender dysphoria and transitioning.

Our Story

  • Coming out to the World (Coming out Pt3)

    With the official announcement at work, most of the people that I see on a day-to-day basis now knew about my transition.  Both Cathy and I agreed that we didn’t want to have to explain our new situation to people as we bump into them and continue to keep coming out. We figured it would

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  • Letting Everyone Know at Work (Coming Out Pt2)

    The ball was now rolling.  The next on the list after my manager was the General Managers from each of the businesses. It is only fair that they were aware before I start telling members of their team and staff.  I have a good relationship with the GMs and had worked for 3 of them

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  • Final Weeks of Preparation and Letting Work Know (Coming Out Pt1)

    I was very fortunate to have someone to help me navigate the communication at work. It was nice to have someone to collaborate with. Our Director of Diversity and Inclusion was able to validate my concerns, bring up potential other issues and we were able to work together to come up with a plan that

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  • Starting to Plan – my perspective

    For me, the important thing was controlling the message until we were ready for everyone to know. This was possibly even more important to me than it was for Brooke. I was fine with people knowing if we told them, but I hated the thought of side conversations and whispers. I didn’t like the idea

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  • Visualizing the Future

    When I look back over the last 18 months one of the challenges, I remember having, had to do with visualizing the future. Brooke was traveling for work, and we were talking on the phone, she had be working through actives in “Queer & Transgender Resilience Workbook”. It had asked her to visualize herself in

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