I am lucky and grateful to work with some wonderful small businesses doing great work to educate, support, and help people. Although the world can feel overwhelming right now, I wanted to share that people are still doing amazing work to help their neighbors.
I appreciate that I’m able to work on projects I believe in, and also that I’m able to build my business on principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect. While federal websites are removing all mentions of “transgender”, I can say trans on my website if I want. (I just did!) I can say trans on my business website if I want. That’s one part of the magic of running a small business.
Recently, I decided that I was going to use they/them to refer to myself with clients. Previously, I let it slide, didn’t mention that I am non-binary, and didn’t have any indication on my website or in my email signature that I use they/them pronouns.
I was scared to come out to clients. I mean, these people pay me!
