Should I Come Out at Work?

So, I have a little bit of a dilemma. In order to start hormones, I have to come out at work to Human Resources. Honestly, I'm quite petrified. Thankfully I live in the state of New Jersey and they can't fire me or anything; but I'm so afraid of what their reaction may be and maybe even judgement. But here's the problem.

I started working at my current job almost 4 years ago and it's a great paying job with great insurance and benefits. The thing is, I don't want to transition here. My job is a very old company that is full of older people in their 50's through 70's and it's a blue collar warehouse job and the guys here are huge. I don't think these are the sort of guys who are very accepting of anything LGBT. To me, they seem very masculine, tough and manly men. All things that I could not possibly be farther removed from.

Also, due to their age, they have old world opinions of LGBT people. I know this due to things they've said that I will not repeat. I just feel like this environment isn't safe for me to become a woman in. That's a little off putting because if I transition here, I'll put my safety at risk and lose my insurance, which I need to transition, and my steady paycheck.

Anyone have any ideas as to what I could do? I'm pretty lost right now and can't think of anything at all.

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