Dr. Marci Bowers: For Transgender Remembrance Day
Posted by Xiaolu Ning in Transsexual Nov 19, 2010
EXCLUSIVE Interview
http://dot429.com/articles/2010/11/19/dr-marci-bowers-transgender-remembrance-dayDr. Marci Bowers is a gynecologist renowned for being the first transgender woman to perform gender reassignment surgeries. Bowers starred in Transgender M.D., a six-part docu-drama about her career as the only gynecologist in the small town of Trinidad, Colorado. Bowers recently relocated her practice to San Mateo, California, and performs over 200 gender reassignment surgeries per year. In honor of Transgender Remembrance Day on November 20, dot429 sat down with Bowers to discuss her experience as a professional transgender woman, transgender bullying, and the role of transgender people in today's society.
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Have you experienced or seen discrimination in your career due to being transgender?
Dr. Bowers: It's a tremendous obstacle. As a transgender person, it's often extremely difficult, and the workplace seems to draw out people's deepest fears when it comes to discrimination. My advice is to treat people nicely, no matter how low they are on the totem pole. I've seen people wonderfully treated during their transitional period by folks in some of the most conservative places in the country, whereas other transitioners have had a difficult time in seemingly liberal areas of the country.
