Transsexual police officer transitions successfully in Utah

[Shana A]

Transsexual police officer transitions successfully in Utah
December 7, 6:59 PM
Megan Coffey

http://www.examiner.com/x-18104-Sonoma-County-Civil-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d7-Transsexual-police-officer-transitions-successfully-in-Utah

In more good news from unlikely places for the LGBT community, a female-to-male (FTM) transsexual police officer has successfully transitioned in Bountiful, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City.   Forty-two-year-old Corporal Kerry Bell, who has worked for the Bountiful Police Department for fourteen years, began his surgical and hormonal transition from female to male about a year and a half ago.  Bell, who states he has always felt male, said he had no anxiety about coming out as transsexual to his fellow police officers.

Indeed, although some of his co-workers still have trouble remembering to use masculine pronouns to refer to Bell, they have otherwise been completely accepting.  This is wonderful news not only for Bell, but also for the LGBT community as a whole:  Given that most of the approximately 44,000 residents of Bountiful belong to the Mormon Church, which excommunicates members who undergo sex reassignment surgery, Bell might have expected a hostile reaction from his co-workers, rather than the warm welcome he received.

[Autumn]

I have a friend who is into a lot of fetish culture who moved back to Salt Lake City this past year. She says the scene there is actually really healthy and she is much happier than she was in Houston.

Unlikely places...

Somehow I doubt MTF would have gone the same way, though.

[placeholdername]

Unlikely?  Everyone knows that religious people are the kinkiest .

[Keroppi]

Somehow I doubt MTF would have gone the same way, though.

That was my reaction when I read this. I hope to be proven wrong.

[jesse]

this is actually an inspiration for me as i am in law enforcement as well
jessica