Kimberly Reed: Golden Boy Makes Good

[Shana A]

 Posted on Advocate.com  February 26, 2010

Kimberly Reed: Golden Boy Makes Good

Once a star high school quarterback, transgender lesbian filmmaker Kimberly Reed wants to march in your pride parade and wield her newfound power like Oprah. Just don't ask about her genitals.

By Brandon Voss

http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Film/Kimberly_Reed_Golden_Boy_Makes_Good/

Remember the hot captain of your high school football team — the class president and valedictorian voted most likely to succeed? If you grew up in Helena, Mont., he might be Kimberly Reed, a lesbian filmmaker now living in Brooklyn, N.Y. Born Paul McKerrow but no longer hiding behind the drag of helmets and cleats, Reed displays her true identity at her 20-year high school reunion in Prodigal Sons, which reconciles her male past with her female present.