More to being Dad than how you dress
Friday, March 02, 2012
The Sentinel
http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Dad-dress/story-15375502-detail/story.htmlMy Dad Is A Woman ITV1
"IT'S a big thing to do, to have bits of you cut off," said Jane. I'll not mention which part was removed. That'd be infringing on the privacy of the woman previously known as John, a 53-year-old Oxbridge educated consultant.
"Particularly if you're a bloke," she added, "because society tells you that you don't have that bit cut off."
No, that's why there's always a picture with a cross through it on a box of secateurs.
My Dad Is A Woman examined the emotional fallout of the man of the house's decision to change sex – what's it like for their partner, when do they tell the children, and who's going to put the bins out now?
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Taking a well-balanced look at changing gender
Friday, March 02, 2012
Western Morning News
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Taking-balanced-look-changing-gender/story-15374243-detail/story.htmlThe title had the sensational edge of a low-brow chat show, but My Dad is a Woman proved to be a sensitive, down-to-earth and rather fascinating documentary about what really happens when the man of the house changes sex.
We were given intimate access to the personal stories of Michelle and Jane, men living as women and just two of Britain' estimated 6,000 transsexuals.