I work in the technology department of a multi-national company.  One of my best friends reports to the CTO and she offered to have her come to a staff meeting of all the CTO's direct reports to let them know what is going on with me.  (I'll be going full time in February, probably if not sooner.) I sent my friend an email asking who would be in attendance.  Her response was:

"These are the people who would find out about your new life" and carbon copied everyone of them.

I say almost because there is a Retract email option that she used and everyone accepted the reaction so it was removed from their inbox before reading.

I thought it was funny she was glad I was okay with it.  If it got out today it would be just a few weeks early and would remove some pressure on the situation.

Life is all fun and games until someone gets hurt. 

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Such very personal information should really be yours to release or not.  Only a few people in HR typically are enough but as you are transitioning on the job you have my admiration and respect.  Our ownership of the narrative is important as anyone else telling your story probably won't get it right.  Those to follow in your footsteps will appreciate the path you have created.

Tessa, you are right.

I'm my case, my transition had put me in a total optimistic, positive, happy space I actually found the situation funny.  It would have only stepped up my full-time status a few weeks and it would have relieved that small pressure point.

The message was ambiguous enough that those on the list would have thought I was leaving or retiring.  (I reach retirement age on Saturday 😁 after 29.5 years here)

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Wow, congratulations on your pending release and retirement!  Perhaps like you my sense of positive change in transition has kept me smiling for months, now years and even the big orange cheeeto cannot keep me down.  I met a best friend here and she forced the federal gov to work with her as a professional scientist while paving a path for other trans people at a large federal agency.  I am convinced of our ability to affect change for ourselves and our community.

As a publicly elected official and volunteer community activist I am happy to be visible and out.  I eventually had my coming out story on the front page of the Daily newspaper.  I am given frequent opportunities to give Trans or LGBTQ 101 presentations and enjoy the questions and dialogue. 

Congratulations again for going full time as the real You!