A Parable for our times

• Posted by Emma Gee April 10, 2013 Filed in Society Girl's Personal Blogs #coming out; financial situation; work  1,663 views
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  As trans people, many of us will be aware of how our condition inpacts on all aspects of our lives. One aspect is our work situation. As someone who is effectively self employed, I knew that continuing in my current work would not be possible once I had transitioned. I therefore took the view that it was best to make the person I was about to be a business partner with, aware that I had a medical condition that would preclude me from being involved with the company in the long term- but that I was very willing and capable to ensure that the business was on a sound footing.

   

  I felt that this was both the right decision from a business perspective, but also in view of the friendship I had with my business partner (or prospective partner). I clearly took this decision based upon how I would react to such news if I was on the other side. What I did not expect was that I would now be out of work and also facing having to "repay" money that was apparently only advanced to me!

   

  There are many good and honest people in the world of business, but it seems as though the vast majority of the unscrupulous types are male! Although there is some irony in the fact that I received this "news" the day after the passing of the Matriarch of the "no such thing as society" philosophy. It proves that you are never too old to be surprised at the levels to which some people will stoop, and how greed and avarice are often placed before friendship and moral rectitude.