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How I Made a Gender Transition on the Job

Started by Kate Thomas, December 12, 2007, 05:04:56 AM

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December 12, 2007, 05:04:56 AM
How I Made a Gender Transition on the Job

By Ina Fried
National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
Winter 2007


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


"But who is that on the other side of you?"
T.S. Eliot
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December 12, 2007, 07:28:21 AM
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?"
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