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.

  • macniel@feddit.de
    17·
    7 months ago

    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

    • Jimbob0i0@beehaw.orgOP
      4·
      7 months ago

      The field I work in has a variety of background checks for clients… so for a while until I decide to get new identification documents my deadname will float about… plus my family don’t know about the changing name yet.