Fellow Employees,By now most of you will have had a brief meeting concerning my planned
gender change. I wanted to address the announcement of my change to all of
you personally. I am so grateful for everyone’s assistance and support as
this has been extremely difficult for me. From the time of my childhood I
felt my gender wasn’t correct and being male did not feel normal to me.
Later in life these feelings become a serious problem. I feared that it was
not healthy and sought medical assistance. This is where I learned of the
name of my problem (Gender Dysphoria). This simply means that my feelings
mentally and emotionally are in direct contrast to my birth gender (male)
and I feel female. After a long, evaluation with medical professionals it
has been determined that the severity in which I feel this way is not likely
to ever be overcome. I chose to resolve my internal conflict by undergoing
gender reassignment, from male to female.
This change has been taking place for a while now. I have been living in a
female role outside of work for the entire time I have been employed here at
XXXXX. Living life as a female has made me feel complete, meaningful, and
has been the happiest time of my whole life. I have finally found myself in
a life that I am very pleased with. I have a family, friends and I am
finally in a female role and feel normal.
Coming to work everyday as "XXXX" has been difficult for me. I am not being
true to myself by doing this. I look upon myself as female, I am now legally
female and intend to live out the rest of my life as female. With the
support of management here at XXXXX I have found that I no longer have to
work as a male. For this I am grateful extremely grateful. So now I must
face the difficult task of transitioning at work from "XXXX" to
XXXX and
live my life full -time as a woman. I will be coming back from our Christmas
holiday January 2, 2001 as xxxxxxxx. . A big scary step, but I know in
my heart I have to be myself in all aspect of my life.
Finally all aspects of my life will be where I want them to be and that is
great for me. I am not the only one who is affected by this change. I hope
this will not be a big deal and we just can move on with what we have to do
here at work. If anyone is in a position of discomfort concerning my new
identity as xxxx I hope that you will take the time to come talk with
me. I would be happy to answer any questions you have. If you feel that you
cannot address me personally please speak with XXX.
Thank you all for your time and understanding.
Sincerely,
