Training at Work

Just thought I would check in today and add a few comments. My employer is being very supportive of my transition. A special training session will be conducted with my work groups to explain what it means to be transgendered and how to resolve issues that come up, whatever they may be.

I hope that my work group, who is split between San Jose, CA, Raleigh-Durham, NC, and India will be supportive also. The training will be conducted using Telepresence and will be recorded to present to other groups in the company. I'm very excited about moving forward and apprehensive at the same time too.

More later...

The Orange County Center Gala Dinner

Last Saturday I attended the Gala Dinner for Orange County's GLBT Center. It was held at the Hyatt in Irvine, CA. It was super and the food was good. I haven't attended one of the dinners since the 80s! There were about 400 or 500 people there. It was a chance for me to get all dressed up as a man and I looked pretty sharp too!

The highlight of the evening was talking to Cybill Shepard! Her daughter has finally come out as lesbian and Cybill was so proud to announce it. I remember the reckless rumors about Cybill back in the 70s and 80s. She was one wild chick, doing everyone around. Men mainly or she said in her book. But, she's as beautiful as ever and I was pleased to talk to her.

Because of this dinner and my T-man support group, I've decided to get more involved with our community again. I was very involved in the 80s when everyone was trying to cope with the devastating effects of AIDS. I even marched on Sacramento to protest the lack of funding.

Now, transgender people need recognition and acceptance so here I am. The facilitator of my T-man group has asked me to be a presenter at PFLAG and sit on the ECCO board and I accepted. I have no idea where these two organizations will take me but it'll be fun, I think!

Got to go to work!
Alex