Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: With the recent rise in transgender activism, transsexual people increasingly are attempting to openly transition from male to female or female to male and remain in the same job. Drawing on data from content analysis of legal and newspaper accounts of transsexual workplace issues, questionnaire data on transsexual workplace experiences, and in-depth interviews with transsexuals and co-workers, this paper suggests that transitioning from female to male at work receives more support from colleagues and superiors than transitioning from male to female. I argue that this greater support for becoming a man at work stems two sources: the extent of the appearance change brought on by transition, and longstanding divisions in how gender-crossing behavior for men and women is received.

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