ENDA and my job
I guess I shouldn't have been surprised when trans people got thrown under the fucking bus by removing all gender identity language from the ENDA. To a point I even get why it happened but still I'm filled with so much rage over it. I just want to feel safe when I go to work. I want to feel like someone cannot fire me for transitioning. I want to receive healthcare and I don't want to be denied housing because I make the other tenants feel uncomfortable. That's bigotry pure and simple and should not be tolerated under any circumstances.
I finally went to work wearing a skirt and I was treated like a god damned spectacle. People who never are in the call center all came walking through, some more obvious than others, but all with the purpose of seeing me and spreading the gossip. I need some protection from these lunatics. I am not part of the freak show and this is not the fucking circus. I don't need your vocal acceptance, I don't want to hear about how it makes you feel comfortable or uncomfortable. I don't want to hear about how you think I walk in heels or whether or not I'm any good at wearing makeup. I don't need a pep talk. It isn't any of your business what kind of underwear I have on. My sexual orientation should not be a subject of debate.
I want you to leave me the fuck alone and let me do my job just like I did the day before I came in wearing a skirt. Isn't it bad enough that my going to the bathroom has to be a fucking event involving clearing out the men's and guarding it until I'm done so as not to confuse the gender binary? All I have ever wanted is to be myself without fear of judgment or persecution. For myself and for the future of the trans community I will continue to transition at work despite the risk and the need of everyone there to throw in their two cents about who I am and how I ought to live my life.
I finally went to work wearing a skirt and I was treated like a god damned spectacle. People who never are in the call center all came walking through, some more obvious than others, but all with the purpose of seeing me and spreading the gossip. I need some protection from these lunatics. I am not part of the freak show and this is not the fucking circus. I don't need your vocal acceptance, I don't want to hear about how it makes you feel comfortable or uncomfortable. I don't want to hear about how you think I walk in heels or whether or not I'm any good at wearing makeup. I don't need a pep talk. It isn't any of your business what kind of underwear I have on. My sexual orientation should not be a subject of debate.
I want you to leave me the fuck alone and let me do my job just like I did the day before I came in wearing a skirt. Isn't it bad enough that my going to the bathroom has to be a fucking event involving clearing out the men's and guarding it until I'm done so as not to confuse the gender binary? All I have ever wanted is to be myself without fear of judgment or persecution. For myself and for the future of the trans community I will continue to transition at work despite the risk and the need of everyone there to throw in their two cents about who I am and how I ought to live my life.