My Husband Is Now My Wife: Trans Women’s Wives on Their Own Dramatic Transformat

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My Husband Is Now My Wife: Trans Women's Wives on Their Own Dramatic Transformations

http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/09/trans-wives-transitioning.html#

New York Magazine/Alex Morris September 22, 2015 8:00 a.m.

"Elizabeth Miller sat in her living room with her wedding album in her lap. It had been a long while since she'd brought it up from the basement, and the brown leather cover was worn, the pages slightly yellowed. From under their plastic covering, the pictures show pink linen tablecloths and taffeta gowns and Elizabeth in a dainty white Laura Ashley dress and a flower crown, peering up at the camera with that expectant newlywed's look — heaps of bliss, a dash of terror. Next to her in the pictures, wearing a gray morning coat, owlish glasses, and a thick beard, is her groom, Dan, who is now her wife, Diana."