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The Word on Women - Italy theatre group demystifies gender identity

Started by Shana A, July 20, 2011, 07:59:09 AM

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July 20, 2011, 07:59:09 AM
The Word on Women - Italy theatre group demystifies gender identity

By Maria Caspani | Yesterday at 6:03 PM

http://www.trust.org/trustlaw/blogs/the-word-on-women/italy-theatre-group-demystifies-gender-identity

*M. is a pretty, 27-year-old woman with dark hair and long-fingered hands that move excitedly as she talks.

It's hard to picture her, ten years ago, as a teenage boy just about to begin his studies at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Bologna.

M. was born in a small town in the south of Italy where, in the mid-80s, the word 'transsexual' was largely unheard of. She is an actress who also happens to be an "MtF," a male-to-female transsexual.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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