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• Living the Dream

  by Elizabeth (Liz) June 14, 2014
  I've just finished my second week at work and it's all going so well. It's been business as usual and no-one has treated me any differently than before. Well, not entirely true, I'm now being included in the girly gossip and chats about clothes and makeup, you know the sort of things us women talk a...
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• I'm out

  by Elizabeth (Liz) June 2, 2014
  Monday 2nd June 2014 I thought that I would be so nervous today, but I think meeting my teammates for lunch on Friday helped with that, so there were no nerves at all.  I already had my outfit planned: http://www.next.co.uk/x5346s8 http://www.next.co.uk/x534196s5 http://www.marksandspencer...
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• Coming out to work - The Big Announcement

  by Elizabeth (Liz) May 28, 2014
  Wednesday 28th May 2014 At 9am this morning everyone at work was told via a letter I'd prepared, which included my email address. OMG, I've spent most of the day replying to messages. Here are some excerpts:   I just wanted to pop an email across to say congratulations on your news. Your let...
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• Coming out to work - The Final Countdown

  by Elizabeth (Liz) May 21, 2014
  Wednesday 21th May 2014 So a few things have happened this week. First off the CEO asked if I would like to take next week off work and start on the 2nd June...holiday is booked, time for shopping, getting ears pierced and all those other fun things :) I had a chat with my boss and he asked if I w...
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• Coming out to work - first steps part 5

  by Elizabeth (Liz) May 14, 2014
  Tuesday 13th May 2014 At 3.35 today I legally changed my name to Elizabeth, witnessed by my amazing HR manager. I think she was as excited by it as I was. She also told me that the CEO was planning on telling the executive board today and asked if I would be OK with that. I had no hesitation, as fa...
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• Coming out to work - first steps part 4

  by Elizabeth (Liz) May 10, 2014
  Friday 9th May Couldn't sleep as my head was spinning from yesterday, so I got into work really early. My boss arrived shortly after and I asked if he wanted to see another picture. I showed him this http://www.transtastic.com/se4/albums/photo/view/album_id/10697/photo_id/128565. He was wowed. He a...
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• Coming out to work - first steps part 3

  by Elizabeth (Liz) May 8, 2014
  Thursday 8th May I had the meeting today with my boss, a business analyst that I work closely with every day and is an amazing woman, and finally a man that I’ve worked closely with for the last 13 years. My HR manager did a brief introduction and then I gave them a letter that I'd prepa...
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• Coming out to work - first steps part 2

  by Elizabeth (Liz) May 2, 2014
  Wednesday 30th AprilToday I spoke to my senior manager, Phil. The hierarchy is CEO then Phil then my boss. He was great, saying how brave I am which I think will become one of the standard reactions. I don’t feel like that really, I’m just doing what I need to, it is scary but I know it ...
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• Coming out to work - first steps

  by Elizabeth (Liz) April 29, 2014
  Thanks to Deborah Taylor, I finally plucked up the courage to talk to work about me. After reading around online at other people's experiences I decided that the best thing was to write a letter to the HR manager. In the letter I summarised what I was going through and what I wanted to achieve. I a...
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• Where not to buy

  by Elizabeth (Liz) March 14, 2014
  I thought I'd let you girls know that I bought a wig a little while ago from a supposed UK website. It turned out to be a Chinese operation and the wig was only suitable for mopping the floor.   The URL is http://www.ewigs.co.uk/ DO NOT BUY FROM THEM   I think it would be really g...
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