Madame Chairperson Now Mister Candidate: Transgender Wymore Runs For UWS Council

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Madame Chairperson Now Mister Candidate: Transgender Wymore Runs For UWS Council Seat

Pronouns less important than proactivity

By Hunter Walker 12/20 8:50pm

http://www.politickerny.com/2011/12/20/madame-chairperson-now-mister-candidate-transgender-wymore-runs-for-uws-council-seat/



Mel Wymore


At his first meeting after being elected chair of Community Board 7 on the Upper West Side, Mel Wymore had quite an announcement to make: he was no longer a woman.

Prior to declaring his new gender in April 2010, Mr. Wymore spent more than a decade serving on the community board. He realized he wanted to become a man about a month before taking the chairmanship.