How I Made a Gender Transition on the Job
By Ina Fried
National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
Winter 2007 (http://www.nlgja.org/publications/newsroom_winter2007.htm)
Never one to share much information about my personal life, I worried about crossing a line. Instead, the move brought me closer to many of the people I talked with regularly and allowed me to reconnect with others I maybe hadn't worked with in a while.
The response was amazing and overwhelming. People sent heartfelt letters, some with support, others with questions.
Ina Fried serves as the NLGJA National Vice President for Print & New Media
How I Made a Gender Transition on the Job
http://www.nlgja.org/publications/newsroom_winter2007.htm
By Ina Fried
Winter 2007
"I had known I was transgender for more than a decade, but I was unsure whether I would be able to bring together my work life with who I knew myself to be. After three years of working as Ian, a male, at CNET News.com, would my co-workers and sources be able to accept me as Ina, a female?"