So, here is a little update. I finally got a job. I have been looking since last year around July. It's a great job as a customer service rep for a medical insurance company.
Anyway, I actually got the job as my old male self since I have never worked as Hannah. I started training this past Monday. Well, part of the training is learning about the transgender parts of the medical insurance. I noticed that a couple of people had some negative comments that they thought they were just talking to their friends but I could overhear. This of course happened on Wednesday. So before I went home that day I talked to the instructor and let him know that I was uncomfortable with people voicing their opinions about transgender issues. He said that he would make sure that it stays completely professional and he was sorry that if I was offended by anything.
Fast forward to Friday, we get a visit from our HR. She decides to go over the anti-harassment policies and said that she'd already heard about some stuff that was going on in our class. I immediately think this class is my fault for coming forward about the transgender issues. So after the class I decided to go to HR and talk to them about myself. I had to let them know that I was transgender and that I had been transitioning for over 2 years. I got a very warm response and assurances that they had had other transgender employees before and that it would never be a problem.
I decided then to come out to my lunch table as we were having lunch that day. All the people at the table were very receptive and asked me a bunch of questions and wondered why I was appearing male at work. They encouraged me to go ahead and come as I truly was. So this coming up Monday for the first time, I will start going to work as my true self. Wish me luck!
