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Trans Job Applications: To Name or Not To Name?

Started by Shana A, October 04, 2011, 12:24:31 PM

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October 04, 2011, 12:24:31 PM
Trans Job Applications: To Name or Not To Name?

Filed By Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | October 04, 2011 9:45 AM

http://www.bilerico.com/2011/10/trans_job_applications_to_name_or_not_to_name.php

As part of a series of Q&A's on my Transworkplace Social Network, I'm posting a series of questions that I often get about transgender issues in the workplace, and Bil suggested I crosspost this one here.

Being trans often poses very difficult dilemmas about how to best go about seeking employment, particularly when it comes to the question of being out or not being out. But often, the issue of whether prior names should be disclosed makes it impossible to avoid being out, or being outed.

Q: "I am applying for jobs, and I am unsure whether it is a good idea to include my previous name."
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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