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A little bit trapped
Part of what feels hard right now is that I can’t figure out how to back up. Yesterday, I had an important talk to give for work. It was at a small conference, where lots of people have known me for...
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Solid ground
As the weeks tick along, the future shifts into view. I have an actual therapist now, to work on sorting this gender stuff out. When I first started making the calls to find someone (blessings on my...
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Next stop
Meetings for me to come out at work are scheduled. HR at my university has a whole process for this and I have followed it. The letters are written and sent to HR. The first meeting is this coming...
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Downhill from here
The meetings with my advisors today went as well as I could have hoped. In addition to being really glad they weren’t in trouble (that call for an HR meeting is apparently scary no matter how nice they...
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Out.
I’m now 100% out socially. I’m Ezekiel everywhere. Anytime I get called my given name, it’s because someone forgot, not because they don’t know, and that will go down over time. The final large group...
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Mostly mundane updates
A few notes on life right now: 1) Last week, I think things “clicked” for more of my coworkers. There was a day where everyone got my name right, and a few people who I thought might be avoiding...
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Subtle shifts
I realized last week that I’d gone an entire day in which I was not gendered as female in any interaction (out loud anyway). Once I noticed that, I realized that I can’t exactly remember the last time...
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