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![Ctrl+Alt+Defeat Discrimination: How One Trans Activist Transformed the Tech Industry.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/101823hs.png)
Ctrl+Alt+Defeat Discrimination: How One Trans Activist Transformed the Tech Industry.
My name is Mary Ann Horton, and I’m from San Diego, California. Think back to 1997. I was a closeted cross-dresser working for Lucent Technologies in Columbus, Ohio. I kneSo I was ready for my first day at work as Mary Ann. I’d waited until I had a good reason to do it. On National Coming Out Day, in 1998, we had a gay couple that owned a res...
![With the Flick of a Wrist, Trans Woman Turns a Corner in Her Transition and Decides to Come Out at Work.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/051921hs.png)
With the Flick of a Wrist, Trans Woman Turns a Corner in Her Transition and Decides to Come Out at Work.
My name is Jami Shofner and I’m from Houston. Twenty years ago, which was back in the mid-nineties somewhere, I was doing stand-up comedy as a woman, and I was in a drag show in...
![Trans Woman Comes Out To Colleagues, Who Welcome Her With Open Arms.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/011321HS.png)
Trans Woman Comes Out To Colleagues, Who Welcome Her With Open Arms.
Hi, my name is Jessica Soukup. I’m from Austin, Texas. I currently work at Texas State University. I’ve been here now for 11 years. About five years ago, I came to a revelatio...
![Story Update: Ingrid Galvez Thorp on Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace. “We Are Stronger When We Work Together.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/su_igt_hs.png)
Story Update: Ingrid Galvez Thorp on Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace. “We Are Stronger When We Work Together.”
Nathan: Welcome to this week’s Story Update. Today, we’re going to be speaking with Ingrid Galvez Thorp, whose story we filmed about four years ago. Before we talk to Ingrid,...
![Gay Man Comes Out In The Workplace. “Be Who You Are, Embrace Who You Are, Leverage Your Differences.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/102319.jpg)
Gay Man Comes Out In The Workplace. “Be Who You Are, Embrace Who You Are, Leverage Your Differences.”
Hi, my name is Steve and I’m from north Jersey. I began working in the retail apparel industry out of college and it was predominantly a very safe environment for someone in the...
![Gay Lawyer Embraces His Identity In The Workplace And Thrives.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/0605HS.jpg)
Gay Lawyer Embraces His Identity In The Workplace And Thrives.
I’m Patrick Opdyke and I’m from New York, New York. I went to college at Georgetown in Washington, DC. So at the time that I joined the rugby team, I was out but I wasn’t ne...
![Gay Man Comes Out To Friends, Then Family, Then 250 Co-Workers At The Same Time.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/LCP.jpg)
Gay Man Comes Out To Friends, Then Family, Then 250 Co-Workers At The Same Time.
Hi. I’m Luis Carlo Parga and I’m from Montreéal, Québec. My grandmother and grandfather moved in from Italy, as did most of my friends, but I was half-Mexican as well. I rem...
![Encountering Homophobia At A Networking Event: “I Wasn’t Going To Let People Devalue Me.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MarcColemanHeadshot.jpg)
Encountering Homophobia At A Networking Event: “I Wasn’t Going To Let People Devalue Me.”
I am Marc Coleman. I’m from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. About 14 years ago, I started my business in what has become its current incarnation. And as in the course of running a b...
![“Coming Out Is An Act Of Activism.” Lesbian Reflects On Being Out In The Workplace.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CharlotteLewisHeadshot.jpg)
“Coming Out Is An Act Of Activism.” Lesbian Reflects On Being Out In The Workplace.
I’m Charlotte Lewis. I’m from Geneva, Switzerland. The first time I had to come out was to my mother. I came out. I was 16 years old. We were in Geneva. She said, “That’s ...