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Dispatches: Transgender Woman Makes Difference in Region

Started by Shana A, September 07, 2011, 09:16:30 AM

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Dispatches: Transgender Woman Makes Difference in Region

Caroline Temmermand of Laurel worked hard to realize her true identity. Now she's working hard to help others stamp out discrimination against transgender individuals.

    By Anna M. Schier
    September 6, 2011

http://laurel.patch.com/articles/dispatches-transgender-woman-makes-difference-in-region

Sitting on a picnic table, amidst the fresh, bright greenery of one of Arlington, Va.'s public parks, Caroline Temmermand, division chief of Arlington County Parks and Natural Resources, shared her life story.

Perpetually smiling, she spoke with the kind warmth and confidence that comes from complete certainty. She was stylishly dressed and rarely broke eye contact or seemed to question herself in any way. She seemed a woman prepared to take on the world.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde


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