hooray ignorance and bigotry [quite controversial]

[elizabeth1010.livejournal.com]

I just saw the latest posting of a recent ruling by the New Hampshire legislature on bathrooms. Though it should be passed on here. Worth reading, and really really pissed me off.

http://www.southernvoice.com/2009/4-3/news/national/9930.cfm

and if you really want to be angry, read the following response to the proposal of the article:

http://catholicism.org/new-hampshire-alert-transgender-rights-and-the-bathroom-bill.html

Philadelphia Trans Health Conference

[phillyboi32.livejournal.com]

It's that time of year again:


Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference 2009
June  11th- 13th
Philadelphia Convention Center

the 11th is providers day
12th and 13th are community days

IT IS FREE (not providers day) for all community members. 
Registration is strongly encouraged but not mandatory. 

Check out the website- all the info is there.

www.trans-health.org

volunteers are desperately needed, so please consider donating some of your time.  There is information on the website on who to contact if you are interested/able.

Disclosure and the hiring process

[serenefish.livejournal.com]

Gah, okay, so I recently started a new job (I just finished Day Two). I've legally changed my name and sex, and so far there's been no mention of my gender/trans status, so as far as I know I'm "stealth" or whatever.
However, I haven't handed in all the forms yet, including the bit where it asks if I've ever worked under any other names. Now, neither this company nor my city/state has any anti-discrimination protections for trans people, and fwiw the owners of the company are Orthodox Jews *shrug*

So I mean, I'm already settled in there and they seem to like me, and it would hopefully be fine, but... I guess what I'm asking is, I basically have to come out to them, right? Lying about it and hoping they don't research it would be a bad idea, right? (But also fwiw, it's total entry-level data entry work, and all my previous work experience is stupid summer jobs like delivering pizza and crap, nothing they'd be likely to care about checking up on...)

And, assuming I do end up putting my old name down, I should probably talk to them about it, right, and not just force them to ask me when they get confused?

I'm just really stressed, and this is my first Real Job ever, and I don't want to mess it up (either by getting fired for being trans or for trying to hide being trans). What would you do in my position?