Coming Out as Trans at Work

A framework, drawn from the experiences of eight transgender professionals. by Michael Cherny, Shalene Gupta and Sandra J. Sucher

October 12, 2021

Illustration by Franziska Barczyk

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I’ve known I was different since I was eight years old, but the process of coming out has been a journey of a thousand steps.

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Michael Cherny is the Senior Lead for the Centre for Trust at Deloitte Canada. He is a human rights advocate, an active member of the 2SLGBTQ+ community and an experienced Board Director. He has been recognized as a Catalyst Canada Honours Champion, CPA Ontario Emerging Leader and Notable Life LGBTQ+ Leader of the Year and is a thought leader in the diversity, equity and inclusion space.

Shalene Gupta is a journalist and writer. She is co-author of The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, and Regain It (PublicAffairs, 2021), and the author of The Cycle: Confronting the Pain of Periods and PMDD (Flatiron, 2024).

Sandra J. Sucher is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. She is the coauthor of The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, and Regain It (PublicAffairs 2021).

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Coming Out as Trans at Work

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