Mon May 09, 2011 at 01:27 PM PDT
On Coming Out Trans
by MercuryX23
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/09/974527/-On-Coming-Out-TransLet me say this first. I am a transsexual woman. I am married, have two beautiful children and am a high school teacher. I have been in transition for the last 18 months and am on the verge of living as myself all the time. Aside from work, I already do and in the next year, I am going to attempt to keep my position as a professional educator even as I change my name and undergo surgery to correct the last bits that need correcting.
Over the last year or so, I've been slowly coming out to my friends, family and others not associated with my job. I've even come out to a few folks at work, and they all support me even as they complain that I could lose my job because of this.
You see, the problem is that I am a teacher in Arizona, which has no laws preventing my public employer from firing me on the basis of my gender identity.
