This is from an old site I used to run and contains material I used for coming out at work and transitioning. I hope you find it useful.
Transition at Work Planning Guide
During the year 1998, I came out at work and transitionned in place. The transition went quite well, mostly because of the level of planning and preparation we did.
I've scrubbed the various planning documents of individual and company names. Please feel free to use these as examples, templates, or whatever. I offer them up for your use.
- TransitionRoadmap: This represents a phased approach to transition, with the various aspects and activities laid out. It represented my best-guess at the time of what sorts of things I ought to be doing, when. Now that I am nearly through to the last stages, looking back I find that it was a very useful tool in spreading things out, and not having to feel like I was going to do everything all at once.
- PlanForWork: Although the entire process is transition, the point of going full-time is the most visible, and probably takes the most planning. This is the plan we came up with to ensure everything was set for the announcement of my change of status and beyond.
- WorkFAQ: This is the FAQ list that my supervisor put together (with help from me and other sources) to brief the staff and directors about the change, and about how to prepair for the general announcement.
- ManagementMemo: This is the letter that came from my Managers to the entire department, and to the other department heads. This was presented to my department in an all-hands meeting, and was read by our Director.
- LetterToWork: This is the text of my personal letter to my co-workers and friends in the company. This took some time for me to write, as I wanted to balance candidness with personal privacy. Here are three previous revisions of the letter: LetterToWorkDraft1, LetterToWorkDraft2, and LetterToWorkDraft3. I didn't want to tell the whole, complete story with all the gory details because I didn't want to bore people or make them uncomfortable by having too much information. Another reason is that this was a letter that was going out broadly, and I wanted to be sure that I could control the communication and messages as much as possible.
Categories: Transition, Work