Transsexual Workers: An Employer's Guide
Author: Janis Walworth
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ISBN: 0966548809
Publisher: Center for Gender Sanity (01 August, 1998)
Sales Rank: 102,618
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 1 out of 5
Not for an FtM and not for a casual work transition
As an FtM transitioning in a workplace of reasonable humans beings, I bought this book looking for something to help them out when I transitioned. When I got it, my supervisor and I looked it over and decided that it, in fact, would make people too nervous, more than they would be otherwise -- bringing up anxiety about restrooms (there's a lot of talk about restrooms), giving permission for coworkers to express inappropriate behavior and ask rude questions, etc. We decided not to use it, as the trans person then becomes some mystical beast who experiences all sorts of horrible internal conflicts, rather than a mature person who made a choice with his life and wants to be treated just like all the other workers.
I think I owe my seamless transition to the fact that I was _me_ throughout the process and not a pathologized idea of a transsexual. My coworkers and employers know me, understand transitioning as mature choice I made, and respect me as a contributor to the organization. Not as someone, as Walworth suggests, to be pitied and understood and sympathized with.
In all, I found that this book undermined both the transsexual's dignity but also underestimated the coworkers' respect good workers. It was also very MtF-centric. (Restrooms are decidedly less of a big deal to the FtM.)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Clear, sensitive, no-nonsense, informative resource.
This is a book I can recommend to our counselors, job developers and employers alike to increase awareness, understanding, and more comfort around issues which may be very new to many people.The resource guide in the back is excellent for going more indepth with various issues.
Rating: 5 out of 5
This book teaches us a positive aspect of TS.
Today TS employees have much difiiculties in transition on the job in Japan.This book teaches us a positive aspect of TS as a employee.And this book also shows the employer how to solve the problem very practically.I hope many Japanese employer will read this bookand more TS employees can do transition on the job in our country. Similar Products
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