Being out at work feels like negotiating a tightrope between professionalism and trying

to be open and also quite honest.

I'm trapped.

So, you know, they made a big announcement to the entire floor, which was not comfortable

or great relief.

And people still misgender me fairly frequently, you know, because my voice doesn't pass

apparently.

But I'm at least allowed to use the men's room, so that's pretty cool.

Or it's a constant decision of whether to jokingly correct them or to make a serious

statement.

And to make a more serious statement really is to put yourself on your own facing lots

of different people who may not quite understand.

Just having this kind of little tiny job that I think of as kind of just being a bill

paying kind of thing, it's nothing really fancy.

But nonetheless, it's like I'm not going to leave the job because this is a kind of

freedom that I cannot imagine having in other jobs.

Now I have like an incredible queer support group that I would have never have found

had I not started working for this company.

And I'm really thankful for that.

From WNYC Studios, this is Nancy.

With your host, Tobin Lowe and Kathy Tue.

We have a very special guest in the studio today.

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