To:      All staff
Date:    Friday 29th November
Subject: Seven Day Wonder
From:    Kazz Parkinson, IT dept

Dear Colleagues,

Who Needs to Read the Tabloids When You Work for CHA?

About four months ago I started the process popularly (and somewhat inaccurately) called 'having a sex-change' (the polite term is 'gender reassignment'). This has now reached the point where my voice has audibly deepened: in the weeks after I returned from my holiday in September, almost everyone asked 'who's that?'when I answered the phone. Although there is still a fair way to go, it is at this point that I have decided to change my name and officially switch over.

I am legally changing my first name to Martin, so as of now it would be courteous of you to refer to me by that name. I am taking 'Kasimir' as a middle name, so it is also fine to refer to me as 'Kazz' as some of you already do. It is also courteous to now refer to me as 'he' rather than 'she'. I am not going to be made upset or angry by genuine mistakes, as I am very aware of how difficult this can be.

For those of you who may be genuinely curious or bewildered by what I am doing, I would like to add that any polite or honest questions that you may have will be answered politely and honestly. (For any of you who may strongly disapprove of what I am doing, I am not interested in engaging in futile arguments, particularly in work time, and I will not mention the matter if you do not).

I am taking Monday and Tuesday 2nd & 3rd of December off, so everyone has some time to gossip about this without fear of me suddenly appearing round the corner brandishing a screwdriver. I shall be back on Wednesday 4th and I hope this will all turn out to be a bit of a seven day wonder.

Martin Kasimir Parkinson
somewhat_stunned@kazz.demon.co.uk

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