New York Times: "New Protections for Transgender Federal Workers"

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New York Times: "New Protections for Transgender Federal Workers"
by: Autumn Sandeen
Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 00:30:00 AM EDT

http://pamshouseblend.com/diary/11667/new-york-times-new-protections-for-transgender-federal-workers

I realize that many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people aren't aware that the one really big change with the Obama Administration memorandum of last week is going to be for transgender people in the federal workforce.

What many of you don't know about me was that before my disabilities made a "real job" impossible for me to hold anymore, I worked at the Veterans Administration's San Diego Medical Center as an Program Assistant. While I worked at the VA, I was an very out, very newly transitioned transsexual woman. My name change to Autumn Sandeen actually occured during between my first interview for the job and actually being hired.