http://www.npr.org/2013/05/03/180628239/after-years-of-hiding-walking-in-love-as-transgenderAuthor: NPR Staff Source: NPR (StoryCrops)
Alexis Martinez, born Arthur, is a transgender woman who's only been living fulltime for a few years. She grew up in a tough area of Chicago, was a gang member, but eventually became married and had children.
" "When I came out to my mom that I was transgender, I think I was 13 or 14," Alexis says. "And she called the police. And I always remember that when the police showed up, they just laughed and told her, 'You've got a ->-bleeped-<- for a son, and there's nothing we can do about it.' So I went as macho as I could be." "
In this interview, Alexis has a discussion with her daughter Lesley about her life being trans, how she was afraid no one would love her. Now, even her mother supports her and she sees this openness as a miracle.
