This post is overdue. I meant to write it about a week ago ( Read more... )

So one of my female colleagues today said to me "I'm sorry but when I mock [male colleague 1, 2 and 3]  I'm going to include you too."

As you can imagine - this was a terrible thing for me (lol).

I share this for everyone GLBT and/or christian who might read this:  74year old woman is charged with assault for kissing a hate preacher.

I think she did a very christian act. She saw someone filled with hate and instead of threatening them or belittling them she hugged and kissed them on the cheek. And yet a "christian" minister is charging her ( Read more... )

so yeah, I got told that by a customer today. My responce was witty enough ("yeah it would be if I was a woman") but I got a snarky responce back and I know I said it weakly ( Read more... )

At least a few times a day I get asked this towards the end of a call at work. Sometimes it's because the person is keeping a record of who they talk to, sometimes because they just want to have a name to say thank you to. It happens. Even if the gender of your name matches the apparent gender of your voice ( Read more... )

so I made fewer mistakes with my name. Although the big one was when I gave the correct name at the beginning of the call and when pressed at the end of the call by the [cough] on the other end of the line gave the wrong name. I also got asked whether Henry was short for henrietta. But for everyone who did rather a double take though at the ( Read more... )

So management already knew and I had organised with my manager on monday to tell my team during our team meeting today. Our team meetings are fairly informal. They generally start with a minimal amount of business and then the rest of the hour talking through anything that needs to be talked through ( Read more... )

So tomorrow during our team meeting my team leader will tell my team that there's something I want to tell them and then hand over to me. That'll be my cue to explain that I have changed my name because having been diagnosed as having gender dysphoria/being trans I am starting to live as male as treatment ( Read more... )

• no internet for three weeks because of a "technical problem at the exchange". It returned today. 
• my mental health went more downhill the longer I was without internet
• I went on camp with the guys the group. There was about 40 of us and I had an awesome time
• I took part in a singing group on camp and we sounded awesome and all harmony like. Bit ( Read more... )

Have been two weeks without internet with no clear idea when the problem will be resolved. We moved house and have been let down by our provider. The date it'll be resolved by has been pushed back and pushed back. We're very unhappy but in a rather powerless position. We have another move on the cards so will be looking to change provider, but in ( Read more... )