Thanks for this! What a story. (I don't miss my period, either!)
I worked for a biotech company in Seattle in the 1990s. One of the guys in IT, a very feminine man, decided to transition. This was back when there was quite a process to accomplish this: Medical counseling, Mental Health counseling, secure a designated "unisex" restroom at work for many months, and ultimately, gender reassignment surgery in Canada, as that was not an option in the US.
"Elaine" did it all. The entire company, to the best of my knowledge, was happy to refer to her as a her, because she was such a sincere, kind, unassuming person. In effect, it seemed she'd earned it.
Fast forward to today, and just wow! The sense of entitlement blows my mind. These men are not women. They never will be. Elaine understood that, and by all appearances was fine with that. She just wanted to live a modest life as an honorary member of the tribe.
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Trans in the 90s
Date: 2022-04-26 06:05 pm (UTC)I worked for a biotech company in Seattle in the 1990s. One of the guys in IT, a very feminine man, decided to transition. This was back when there was quite a process to accomplish this: Medical counseling, Mental Health counseling, secure a designated "unisex" restroom at work for many months, and ultimately, gender reassignment surgery in Canada, as that was not an option in the US.
"Elaine" did it all. The entire company, to the best of my knowledge, was happy to refer to her as a her, because she was such a sincere, kind, unassuming person. In effect, it seemed she'd earned it.
Fast forward to today, and just wow! The sense of entitlement blows my mind. These men are not women. They never will be. Elaine understood that, and by all appearances was fine with that. She just wanted to live a modest life as an honorary member of the tribe.
I sure hope that's how it's turned out for her.
Valerie