A Chat with the Fabulous Amanda Lepore
By Steve Lewis
June 17, 2011
http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/a-chat-with-the-fabulous-amanda-lepore/26176I'm sitting with an old friend of mine, Amanda Lepore, who has worked with me many times. I don't wanna say 'worked for me,' because in nightlife everyone has their roles, and my role might have been a director or whatever, and Amanda certainly was part of the entire circus that we tried to create. She's a brilliant persona and has created an international brand with her appearance, performances, and parties. I've learned so much from her. Talk to me about your gender and how you became what you are today.
Well, I started out in life thinking I was a girl, and my parents and stuff and everything would cut my hair and not buy dresses for me. And I didn't even understand what they were doing. I just thought they were punishing me for something. And then, you know, slowly when you like get older, you realize, oh well, I'm stuck with this guy's body. I did everything I could to change it, because I was really disturbed by it. I definitely have a female mind, I took hormones when I was 15, and I started getting breasts, and I saw talk shows, and people getting sex changes, and heard that it was possible, so I did it as soon as I can. I met a boyfriend that was supportive, and his father paid for my sex change, and I became a girl and didn't really have any ambitions, I just wanted to be a pretty girl and maybe work in a mall doing makeup or something.
