Maybe bigger is better. Uhm, not that I'd know
Diversity is a quite interesting queer monthly out of Boise, Idaho. Volunteer editor Raven Usher quit a job driving a school bus five years ago to stay home and take care of the kids. "I love being a housewife. It has been more rewarding than any other job I have had. Watching my children grow, progress and succeed gives me a sense of accomplishment that is unrivaled by anything else in my life."
But the youngest is now starting school, and the days are emptier. Usher decided to get a paying job. "The prospect of re-entering the work force has me facing an aspect of transsexualism that I have not had to deal with thus far; being transgendered in the workplace. I count myself lucky that I did not have to worry about losing a job or wrecking a career during my transition. Eighty-five percent of transsexuals lose their jobs when they transition. I did not have to face ridicule from co-workers. I did not have to worry about a transphobic boss firing me," Usher
recently wrote.
"I pass. Even without make-up I successfully display a female gender expression. But I have not held a job as a woman."
Usher did not, however, get the first job she applied for -- that of
Hooters restaurant waitress.