Gardnerville man talks about sex change
SHEILA GARDNER, The Record-Courier
Published 5:35 p.m., Wednesday, September 19, 2012
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Gardnerville-man-talks-about-sex-change-3878542.phpGARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — When Dana Pardee looks at his 2007 high school graduation picture, he sees a beautiful young woman smiling back at him.
"Aww," he says. "She's pretty, but she's not me. She's just a shell of the person who I used to be." Dana, 23, is a year into the process of changing his gender identity from female to male.
With family and friends, Dana corrects pronoun usage from "she" to "he" and "hers" to "his" when he is the topic of the conversation.
Once a week, he gives himself a shot of testosterone. Last year, he underwent "top surgery" in Florida.
He's updated his driver s license and passport, changing the sex from "F'' to "M''. And Dana is ready to share the news with Carson Valley, where he grew up as a girl with his sister, Rita, playing sports, graduating from Douglas High School, and worshipping every weekend with his family at St. Gall Catholic Church.
