Hey folks,
I’ve been semi out at work for a while now, with our communication systems showing she/they and dressing femme in the workplace.
I’ve settled on wanting to be called by a different name, and talking with my team lead and HR contact am planning a switch over on Monday.
I don’t expect any hostility from the team I’m in, and the company has been very supportive to date.
That doesn’t stop me being a little nervous with the visibility of Slack etc changing over to a distinctly female name.
Was wondering if the experiences of other transfemmes coming out in such a clear way in their workplaces.
My workplace is a bit backwater when it comes to this. Without the changed birth certificate I can’t change my name in all relevant places: mail, outlook, SharePoint, Teams…
My immediate Boss is quite supportive though.
I’m half way there in my team coming out so half of it knows my name while the other will use my Deadname. I will change this next week though, I hope. It’s the last week of this development sprint and I need to finish this ticket :D