I just scheduled meeting with the president of the company for Thursday. I am going to disclose that I am transitioning and ask for his help implementing the process. I work for a family owned company of about 100 people with maybe 20 of those being front office. He brought me there when he was offered this job five years ago. He had been my former boss at my previous employer.
I am telling him first because I believe he deserves to know first. He has been instrumental in growing my career. My wife is going with me as he knows my family well. We want to present a unified family who needs his help. I will show him all the documentation from my doctors and inform him of my name change. I will also let him know my preferred SRS schedule for next summer. I want to let him tell us the best way and timing for the company for this process. Hopefully it will be something we can both agree too. I want to be in a how can we best do this for everyone posture, not this is how is going to be attitude.
This is going to be a big test for my boss. The company is a white male dominated place with not much diversity in the management team. Most of the management have conservative view points. Please pray that my boss can see this as something that just is. I am afraid he will not be able to believe this about me. I think I have done a good acting job unfortunately.
I am scared. I have to admit it. I have risen to every occasion in this process so far. I live as a woman everywhere except here. I have come out to the straightest of people in Kentucky with no problem but now I am frightened. I don't want to hurt my family. I support a wife and three children and I don't want them to suffer because of me. Ok enough whining! God has got me this far, surely I won't be abandoned now. How ever it looks I will handle the consequences. I am a woman with considerable strength and support!
Suzanne