A delicate transformation

[LostInTime]

Globe and Mail dot com
ANTHONY REINHART

The decisions didn't get any easier, but after 60 surgical procedures at a cost of $160,000, it's clear Ms. Arsenault is no longer confused about who she is, even if others struggle to understand.

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"When I meet other transsexual girls who have fallen on hard times, more often than not I think they haven't been supported by their parents," she says. "It sounds like a cliché, but my parents loved me and they told me I could be whatever I wanted to be."

[Keira]

Anyone who spends 160K on plastic surgery goes from TS to Woaaaa
in my book. I'm not sure this article is wholly positive for us with the mention of the sex trade to pay for this ton of surgery (and not for SRS).

[Wendy]

Dear Lost in Time,

Thanks for posting these articles!  The good, bad, and extreme are all part of life. 

One friend from this site advised me to read the autobiography of Christine Jorgensen.  I went to the public library in a very large city to find this book and it was not at the library.  I tried to find any book regarding TG and/or TS and could not find a single book at the public library!

I could not get the courage to ask a librarian for help but I doubt that would have changed the outcome since I was using the on-line book catalog for the library.

Why would this book be missing from the public library?

[LostInTime]

Because people do not ask for them and there are other recent books that are extremely popular with the T community. I have never read any of them so I am not the best one to ask when it comes to books. Outside of published research articles and a couple of college texts, I have pretty much not read T related literature.

[Wendy]

Because people do not ask for them and there are other recent books that are extremely popular with the T community. I have never read any of them so I am not the best one to ask when it comes to books. Outside of published research articles and a couple of college texts, I have pretty much not read T related literature.

Ah!  If no one asks then there must be no demand and therefore there is no need to carry TG books.

Actually I thought the TG books were not carried because of societal pressures and "religious reasons". 

Wow I try to be more responsible and stop acting illogical and irresponsible and still hit closed doors.

It is nice to have this forum.  Thanks.