Trapped in her 'own private concentration camp': Once a doting Jewish family man, how Joy became a woman - and a heroine of the transgender community
By Victoria Wellman
Last updated at 10:16 PM on 7th March 2012
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2111574/Trapped-private-concentration-camp-Once-doting-Jewish-family-man-Joy-woman--heroine-transgender-community.htmlJay Ladin was a beloved husband, doting father and respected English teacher in New York, but one who was tortured by the knowledge he was living a lie.
Now known to the world as Joy, a woman in her early fifties, the remarkable story of how this Jewish university professor suppressed her feminine instincts for so long is to be published next week in a new memoir.
A celebrated figure of the transgender community, Ms Ladin's journey has been arduously long and fraught with torment, secrecy and guilt.
