To Whom it May Concern, I’m writing this open letter to thank you for allowing me ten minutes to delegate about my lived experience as trans person, my whistleblowing activities and the subsequent retaliatory investigation and actions by my employer for having done so. Trans and gender-diverse voices are not often heard or are usually […]
Author: thekeyhole
Workplace Whistleblower Protection
Today I peaked in terms of lifetime personal bravery and courage. I walked into the same building and sat in the same room where I was interrogated for over six hours on May 29, 2019, an experience that traumatized me so profoundly that I got PTSD. It went a little something like this… Thank you […]
Gender Performances
It’s exciting as a trans performer to see L Morgan Lee nominated for a Tony award (note: this post was written in June 10, 2022). I hope she wins just for being a trans performer, because cisgender people often win roles and awards just for their cisgender privilege. I know the difficulties of getting cast […]
The haunting pain of being a ghost person
When family members started calling me a ghost person, they may have been making fun of my physical appearance (white face, kohled eyes and red lips) and my pre-nineties channelling of goth in the eighties. At least they noticed my failure to perform gender and used the word “person”. It may also have been my […]