I started a new job this week and on the official channels I am still listed with my deadname and assigned gender. Meh. Luckily another person with the same name as my legal name started on the same day, so I could be all sneaky and just tell my team, "Ah, that's going to be confusing! Just call me [new masc name], everyone calls me that :)" Everyone caught on and I was pretty happy with how the situation played out.

Fast forward to this morning. Slack pings, I have a message from the team lead:
"Hi [new masc name], can I ask you a personal question?"
Cue panic. OMG. WTF. What do I do? Come out or deflect, come out or deflect? Aaaaaaa!
"Sure, go ahead."
"Yeah, [new masc name], I'm visiting your country for New Years? Can I as a tourist get vaccinated there? My preferred vaccine is not available where I live....."

... which is when I slammed my head into the desk. Goddamnit! I'm really glad that it all worked out and that I don't have to work with antivaxxers either, but I had already started my day with a coffee and two Ritalins. I didn't need any more adrenaline in the first hour of the workday 🤣🤦‍♂️

Reposted from marbear