Lorraine Sade Baskerville: Transcending into womanhood
by Joe Franco
2012-06-20
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Lorraine-Sade-Baskerville-Transcending-into-womanhood-/38230.htmlIt is often said that the LGBT community sometimes forgets about the "T." Lorraine Sade Baskerville is here to remind those people.
Baskerville, until very recently, was a lifetime Chicagoan; she comes from a family of seven children and very modest means. "I had my family but there was no support," said Baskerville. From a very early age, she was confronted with the harsher realities of life. She was one of the first to speak out and lobby against Chicago's controversial ban on cross-dressing in public. "I was arrested many times for dressing in women's clothes. I had to fight to get that law repealed."
Baskerville also spent time as an escort to help support herself. It was during that time that she met her life partner and best friend, Bruce Lomar. "We spent 20 years together. He was learning to ride a scooter so he could join me in Thailand, and then he was gone. There just are no words.
