Things to consider beforehand

You need to consider the following

1. Your personal safety both at home and at work
2. Confidentiality issues - your family
3. Victimisation
4. Harassment

Personal safety in this society is paramount.

• Do any of your coworkers know where you live?
• Is this information documented where it can be easily accessed?
• How do you commute?

Your family

• Are you out to your official next of kin contact?
• Are there any other personal contacts in your workplace, persons from church, family friends who do not know about your sexual identity?

Victimisation

• What is the HR policy? Complaints procedure?
• Have there been past precedents, who left or were fired?
• How are effeminate men treated?

Harassment

• What type of language is tolerated in the environment? Are people allowed to use slurs?
• Have you seen any other person, for whatever reason, being harassed?
• What form does the harassment take?

Documenting the answers to these questions, can help you to gain an overview of the workplace environment.

And you may be able to identify steps to take to address some of them.

• Changing your next of kin

• Sensitising your coworkers about your concerns about your safety (this can be done in a more generalised crime context,... given the state of this country)