"I know so many people and have heard so many more stories of people, trans or not, who have been cowed into silence in their workplaces"

Mixed feelings about this. On the one hand there is no doubt in my mind that the workplace was the frontline of gay political advancement; it was hard to maintain the monolithic hatred of a reviled minority when you work with one who you can't help but note is an OK guy.

But. Nobody pretends to be gay to get attention, who would? And as I have said many times the great majority of "trans" are fakes, they are not gender dysphoric and when "trans" becomes unremarkable they will find another way to keep themselves at the center of attention.

Watch this; you can ignore the framing by the Black Conservative, the only thing he gets right is noting that "they" is plural, but listen to the girl and her ready recitation of "misgendered" and "my gender identity" and "correct pronouns."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFjUjSJplfs&t=123s

Would you want to work with her?

I take pains to distinguish the authentically transgendered from the "trans" like this idiotic person and while I am supportive of the former I have had it up to where my hairline used to be with the latter.

If I were at work and someone was putting "he/him" in an email signature, I would raise a stink about it. That shit isn't what we work for.