Transitioning but telling people it's a medical issue

[Lucy Ross]

Hi Wild Rose,

The medical conditions you can pin the blame on are rather serious - congestive heart failure, or prostate/testicular cancer.  You could use these as excuses at work I suppose - treatment for prostate cancer could be handled on an outpatient basis, I reckon.  And it's something very personal - is someone at work really going to pump you for information here?

There was a big thread on low dose HRT and some of the posters brought up how to cover up feminization - growing beards, wearing dark/loose shirts and minimizing bras, etc.  Like you they need or prefer to present as male at work.