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Informing My Co-Workers

By Anne Marie Pemberton

This is a copy of note from Anne Marie to her co-workers. We thought that others who may be considering transitioning on the job might find it of some value.

October 29th, 1997

NASA Headquarters

Washington, D.C.

TO: NHCC Operations Staff ( Host, Soc, Noc )

TO: Headquarters Co-workers, and Friends alike

Originally when I was putting together the notification list, it was the "KISS" principle that I wanted to adhere too, but it's all but that. My apology if some people I know didn't receive a notice.

This is referred to in the TG community as a "Major Outing of oneself", rarely done.


As many of you might have now noticed there has been some changes in my appearance, specifically my dress, hair, and face. These are all preliminary steps for a more complete change that I'm under-going. For the next couple of weeks I'll be away from the office recovering from a surgical face lift which I feel is necessary in that soon I will be living and working as a woman full-time.

I will be dressing in my correct gender, ( which I've been doing slowly ) my voice intonations will be changing more so, and once my name change has been ordered by the court, I will insist on being referred to as Anne Marie Pemberton, though Anne or Anne Marie would be nice now too. Legally Michael will be gone, and enter Anne Marie. Naturally it takes time for folks to get adjusted to changes, and I expect that, but please try. It helps you, help me.

The management here is well aware of me and that I'm going full-time.

Last year I began gender re-assignment therapy starting with hormone treatments which has been coming along nicely. The facial surgery, living full-time "In-Role" as it's referred to is all preparatory to gender re-assignment surgery (sex change; I hate that phrase ) for which I've been recommended, and as of last week I've been scheduled for late in 1998, Lord willing.

I'm sure many of you aren't be familiar with the term "Transsexual", but in my case it's M2F, male to female. I've been living in the wrong body for all my life and I'm in the process of correcting all that.

The label "TS", for transsexual is just that, a label that I don't really like, but I can live for the moment.

If anyone has any questions please feel free to come to me and ask. I'm more than happy to speak with anyone I have papers and articles about the condition ( Gender Dysphoria Syndrome ), and how we only wish to be who we really are. I'm very comfortable, and finding that my life is starting to stabilize, but she's not finished yet.

One other area that I wish to mention and will help you to put this into perspective and that is;

This all has nothing to do with sexual orientation, even though I am heterosexual , it's purely an issue of Gender Identity.

Because of the changes I sure there will be some times that you will not be quite sure how to take all this, but believe me when I say it, it might be hard for you to accept this and far harder to understand, but for me it's my life, happiness, and the return to normalcy for me that's paramount on my mind.

The support that I receive from my family, friends, my doctors, and the utmost faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ above all, sustains me.

Thank you for letting me introduce myself to you all.

Sincerely,


Anne Marie ( Michael ) Pemberton



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