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One topic I can’t seem to quit writing about were the lack of transgender examples and/or muses who stayed in public and provided a pathway for the rest of us who were so desperately questioning our gender.
One of the very few I can remember was Jennifer Finney Boylan (above) a very accomplished author of fifteen books In addition, From 2011 to 2018 she served on the Board of Directors of GLAAD, the media advocacy group for LGBT people worldwide. She was co-chair of GLAAD’s board of directors from 2013–17.
The problem is, I go back much farther than this. All the way back to the pre-internet days, known by many as the dark aages of information sharing.
I remember the days when “men dressed as women” were rounded up and arrested outside of gay bars in downtown Dayton, Ohio. Obviously the last thing I wanted to happen.
So what was a novice transgender girl supposed to do. For me, this was around the time when I learned of Virginia Prince and better yet her Transvestia Magazine. Virginia, among other things was a proponent of “heterosexual cross dressers” or transvestites.
Virginia Prince
To put her age into perspective, Virginia was born in 1912 as compared to my 1949. Most of her biographies I have read, list her as a transgender activist. Others deny the claim she started the…
