A Microsoft executive shares transgender plans.

Posted by Xeni Jardin, October 10, 2007 11:37 PM | permalink

Owen Thomas from Valleywag points us to a Valleywag report he filed today...

Michael Wallent, a general manager at Microsoft, will return to work in January as Megan Wallent. The software company is a supportive environment for transgendered people -- but what about for women?

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#1 posted by Tamara R. , October 11, 2007 7:48 AM

Good for her. It's hard coming out trans at work, and terrifying transitioning there. Sometimes it seems like it'd be easier to scrap it all and find a new job in your female identity.

Good to see that most the comments on the original story are supportive... scary though how some people are still so neanderthal.

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#2 posted by Catherine R. , October 11, 2007 9:39 AM

I agree with you Tamara -- as a transgendered woman who went through a similar process, I am at this point unsuprised when people's understanding of what it means to be trans is deeply flawed, yet I remain disturbed when I see its manifestations. The fundamental flaw in bigoted arguments is that they center around the so-called "sex change", and don't recognize that sex and gender are separate items. Parts are parts, but gender is a blend of biology and socialization. It's impossible to be as essentialist about it as some of the commenters are attempting to be. For many transpeople (myself included), sex-reassignment surgery is not the focal point of trtansition at all -- it's all about being one's self in the world.

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#3 posted by Adam Chernow