Transgender rights make slight headway in Massachusetts and beyondThe Republican By Stephanie Barry, Published: Saturday, July 21, 2012, 5:00 PM | Updated: Saturday, July 21, 2012, 7:51 PM
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Staff photo by Don Treeger Joy Ladin, pictured here at a cafe in Hadley, made the transition from male to female beginning in 2006 and is advocating for transgender rights. HADLEY – Jay Ladin took out a two-year life insurance policy in 2006, intending to kill himself and leave everything to his three children.
After he discovered insurers would refuse to pay out on the policy in the event of a suicide, Ladin took out another life insurance policy of sorts: becoming Joy Ladin.
"I was counting the days," says Ladin, now 50, of her premature end-of-life plan, reportedly common in the life of a transgendered person who, for many reasons, initially refused to make the transition to what he or she believes is his or her true gender identity. "We all spend nights bargaining with God."
