Reply To: Gender and work interactions.

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I think you are right on. When I decided to transition I was ready to leave if I needed too because the old way of switching back and forth was too much. There was an advantage to it I obviously took for granted and some assumptions that because I am the same person, that work would go back to normal as people adjusted, but it is more complicated than I imagined.

I am definitely happier on the other side. I still feel immense pride when I get to sign my name on company documents. I enjoy work more than I ever have, but it is an adjustment on emotional, political and social fronts. Whole new scripts are being expected and I’d learning how to adjust on the fly.

I have been lucky to have some female mentors that have taken me under their wing as I work out new coping strategies for emotional days that I didn’t anticipate having. All in all I have been fortunate.