‘The true me’: A quest for acceptance

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'The true me': A quest for acceptance

By Mark Johnson of the Journal Sentinel   
Dec. 2, 2012

http://www.jsonline.com/features/health/the-true-me-a-quest-for-acceptance-181767551.html

It was decades before Bill Jutz admitted the truth to his therapist and to himself. By then he was in his late 50s, a man whose wispy white hair and sad gray eyes made him look older. He had never married. He had no children. He had one cat: Bond, like the secret agent.

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"When I'm wearing obvious men's clothing - and I haven't in a while," Jutz says, "I feel like I'm cross-dressing."

That's because of this other person inside him. He calls her Corrine. He believes she is the real Bill Jutz.

For years he tried to silence her. Now, at the age of 62, he wonders where she came from.

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Jutz's poems flow from experiences
By Mark Johnson of the Journal Sentinel   
Dec. 2, 2012

http://www.jsonline.com/features/health/jutzs-poems-flow-from-experiences-uq7r5ab-181764221.html

Bill Jutz has been writing poetry since April 2009. The poems flow from personal experiences. They describe the struggles of victims of domestic violence, particularly children, and the experience of being transgendered. Jutz's first book, "A Little Girl Growing," was published in 2011 and is available on Amazon.com.