A Trans Parent: How One Woman Is Inspiring a Nation

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A Trans Parent: How One Woman Is Inspiring a Nation

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mandi-camille-hauwert/a-trans-parent-how-one-woman_b_8427318.html?utm_hp_ref=transgender

Huffington Post
Mandi Camille Hauwert
Transgender Writer, Speaker, Activist
Posted: 10/29/2015 10:17 pm EDT

The first time I ever heard of Jessica Lynn, I was sitting down in a small recording studio at the base of UCSB's Storke Tower. I had been invited as a guest to be interviewed for Your True Gender Radio about my life as a transgender correctional officer. The program was part of Your True Gender, a non-profit organization co-founded by Jessica Lynn. At the time, she seemed like a mythical figure. An amazing woman who'd overcome the war trenches of life to emerge a shining beacon for the Trans community. I looked upon her like a superstar, an unreachable force of nature that I would never meet.

Imagine my surprise when she reached out to me. It came to her attention that I was looking for Transgender stories to tell; I wanted to sharpen my journalistic skills. Barely a month after my radio interview, there she was, sitting in my living room. Over dinner, we began to feel each other out. She knew my work as a writer and loved it. I was given a crash course on her own unbelievably spectacular life story. Before parting, I agreed to working with her as a writer, and an occasional speaker.
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[kaitylynn]

She is an amazing woman and the article is well worth the read!  A true light shining from the mountain top.