Our Story
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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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Starting the Plan to Come Out
When the egg cracks (the moment in time when you have realized that your gender needs exploring) and if the transgender person chooses to present their gender, they have a couple of choices: 1. Come out to people fairly early and enjoy the transition as it happens publicly or 2. Come out later after you…