02-27-2014, 06:30 PM
very good
I was just about to post an open question about people who had come into contact with transgender people in their workplaces.
Just did some interviews this week at work - as part of a five person panel. One applicant was a transgender woman. She dresses and lives as a woman but definitely has a male voice and body shape.
I expected this not to be mentioned really but in the after discussion one person said we had to consider that she might make some of our volunteers uncomfortable. I was very surprised to hear this comment because I work in an organization known for open-mindedness and progressive thinking. But it's good that it got said so we could address that - we can't worry about other people's discomfort, they need to get over it. Everyone does.
So I think open discussion and seeing respectful acknowledgment of this in ways such as the new DC laws is a good thing, on many levels.
I was just about to post an open question about people who had come into contact with transgender people in their workplaces.
Just did some interviews this week at work - as part of a five person panel. One applicant was a transgender woman. She dresses and lives as a woman but definitely has a male voice and body shape.
I expected this not to be mentioned really but in the after discussion one person said we had to consider that she might make some of our volunteers uncomfortable. I was very surprised to hear this comment because I work in an organization known for open-mindedness and progressive thinking. But it's good that it got said so we could address that - we can't worry about other people's discomfort, they need to get over it. Everyone does.
So I think open discussion and seeing respectful acknowledgment of this in ways such as the new DC laws is a good thing, on many levels.