Guatemalan transgender woman lives in 2 worlds

[SandraJane]

LAS VEGAS SUN



Guatemalan transgender woman lives in 2 worlds


The Associated Press | Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 | 8:43 a.m.


http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/sep/21/lt-guatemala-transgender-life-photo-pkg/


Dressed as a man, the sixth-grade teacher leaves school and walks several blocks through a dangerous red-light district overrun with gangs and crack dealers.

Arriving at a friend's home, a transformation begins. Off come wide-leg jeans, T-shirt and a baseball cap that hides long hair. After an extensive, two-hour makeup session, Linda Elizabeth Tylor Martinez emerges wearing a miniskirt and high heels.

Born a man, Tylor is a transgender woman who moves between two distinct lives: one male, one female.

[Epi]

Guatemalan Transgender Woman Lives Double Life, As A Male Schoolteacher And Female Prostitute (PHOTOS)
By ROMINA RUIZ-GOIRIENA 09/21/12 01:33 PM ET EDT   

GUATEMALA CITY -- Dressed as a man, the sixth-grade teacher leaves school and walks several blocks through a dangerous red-light district overrun with gangs and crack dealers.

Arriving at a friend's home, a transformation begins. Off come wide-leg jeans, T-shirt and a baseball cap that hides long hair. After an extensive, two-hour makeup session, Linda Elizabeth Tylor Martinez emerges wearing a miniskirt and high heels.

Born a man, Tylor is a transgender woman who moves between two distinct lives: one male, one female.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/21/guatemalan-transgender-woman-schoolteacher-prostitute_n_1903863.html