Transgender people find their voice at NC school

[Shana A]

Transgender people find their voice at NC school

By MARTHA WAGGONER, Associated Press

http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/8612953/

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Nicole Hatch had spent six figures on her transition from a male to a female, including flying to Thailand for sexual reassignment surgery and spending at least $20,000 on facial hair removal.

But her voice still gave her away — callers would refer to her as "sir" when she answered the phone.

So Hatch came to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where speech pathologists teach transgender people how to speak like the people of the sex they're becoming or have become.

[Agent_J]

There's also a video for it http://www.youtube.com/user/AssociatedPress#p/search/2/NrtBW2nRA7g

The voice and communication group at UNC-G mentioned is the one I'm in this semester.  An AP photographer shot still photos and video of one of my group sessions last month for this piece. I'm in the video and one of the additional photographs on the WRAL article Zythyra linked above.

[Shana A]

There's also a video for it http://www.youtube.com/user/AssociatedPress#p/search/2/NrtBW2nRA7g

The voice and communication group at UNC-G mentioned is the one I'm in this semester.  An AP photographer shot still photos and video of one of my group sessions last month for this piece. I'm in the video and one of the additional photographs on the WRAL article Zythyra linked above.

Agent_J,

Thanks for this video, very moving!

Z