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She mainly speaks about it through a professional workplace perspective, but this can still translate over towards interpersonal interaction within a family. Allen mentions that a “male-to-female” transgender person told her that she was fired after being seen by her boss wearing a dress outside of the workplace (2011, p. 61). Many transgender people are shunned for their identity in the workplace, just like many are from their family. Another notable person in Allen’s book is Jennifer Blair, a “male-to-female” transsexual support group facilitator at a gender identity center. She discusses how coming out a transgender is “almost certain professional suicide”, meaning that it can harm their reputation, relationships, and even leave them unemployed. She says “This harsh reality no doubt keeps many if not most of us in the closet, living in authentic lives” (2011, p. 60 &