[Gemme]

My boss kind of knows I'm queer. One of her sons is gay and we've discussed that and her diffiiculties in coming to terms with it. She knows that one of my past partners was female. She has no idea, as far as I know, that Ebon is TG.

I don't think she'll go all 'ohhh, now it's going to be weird working with you, etc' but there's that fear that does lie in the back of my mind that it could happen, if not with her, then with others. This company is designed to be a family environment and with that comes gossip and familial judgements. I am most likely going to be with this company for a while and I don't want to create any blunders that could make that time more difficult for me than it has to be. Perhaps that's being selfish and maybe I'm not putting forth the "proper" amount of GLBT3Q2I activism, but it's my reality.

I've never had anyone directly say to me, once they learned I'm Queer, that they thought I would hit on them or that there would be any kind of inappropriate work relationship with them. There was one girl who I did detect a slight bit of disappointment as time went on after she found out and I think she was hoping I'd hit on her. She was soooo not my type though.

Even though I haven't had that confrontation with someone, I do keep in mind it could come any time someone new finds out. It's not as bad as walking on eggshells but I do feel stifled a bit. One day....one day....I'll be able to not worry about it at all and that will be a nice day.