This has been the longest stretch of not posting since I started this blog – something that would have freaked me out not too long ago, but so many things have changed lately, it feels like som...
I haven’t written one of these since 2014! That’s way too long! My spouse and I just watched Another Earth for the second time, and I had forgotten that the protagonist, Rhoda, is a high...
https://janitorqueer.com/2018/04/23/janitors-in-pop-culture-4/
Here it is, finally! Photographic proof that my name plate finally arrived the way I want it, after many delays and a mix-up. If you want to read about the backstory, here are two past posts:...
Within a week of me coming out at work, a new protocol had been put in place for how we should go about cleaning bathrooms. And for the first time, it applied to all cleaners in all bathrooms, ...
https://janitorqueer.com/2018/02/20/bathroom-anxieties-a-genderqueer-janitors-perspective-pt-2/
At the school I work at, there are two main sections to be cleaned – upstairs and downstairs. For the vast majority of my time there, I’ve always cleaned the downstairs. The water fountai...
https://janitorqueer.com/2017/09/12/im-doing-something-i-dreaded-and-its-not-so-bad/
My co-worker’s last day was yesterday. He is moving on to work security at one of the middle schools. Some people have a lot of co-workers; I really only have just one. I have a superviso...
https://janitorqueer.com/2017/03/25/saying-goodbye-to-my-co-worker-ally/
I am on a roll! It feels like the end of “coming out at work” is in sight. This may have been the biggest hurdle, because it seemed the most unpredictable – I wasn’t sure how she’d ...
https://janitorqueer.com/2016/01/27/i-came-out-to-my-supervisor/
*Back to school is in quotations because as a janitor, I didn’t actually leave school. We’re just gearing up for everyone else coming back. I spent this summer waking up at 5:20AM every day...
https://janitorqueer.com/2015/08/31/the-implications-of-back-to-school/
My co-worker just retired on Friday. This is someone I’ve seen almost every day for the past 8 years – not many people in my life I can say that about! (My partner, and others at work, ba...
https://janitorqueer.com/2014/12/15/saying-good-bye-to-my-mentor-co-worker/
The day before yesterday was my first day back to cleaning up after students. It was terribly hot and humid (more so in the school than outside) and I promptly got a gross warm-weather cold; al...
https://janitorqueer.com/2014/09/04/back-to-school-janitors-in-pop-culture-1/