I Remember Christine Daniels on Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 20, 2010 by Michele Kort
http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/11/20/i-remember-christine-daniels-on-transgender-day-of-remembrance/Growing up, the only transgender person I'd ever heard of was Christine Jorgensen. Later, I knew of Jan Morris and Renee Richards and Wendy Carlos. I knew very little of transmen until I watched the terrific documentary Southern Comfort, about a transman dying of ovarian cancer, nearly a decade ago.
It's only in the last few years that transgender people have become part of my life as friends–and family.
First there was my stepbrother Michael–now my stepsister Michaela. Of course it was quite a shock when I first heard the news that this handsome 50-something father of three was in transition; I had never noticed signs of gender dysphoria (we only became step-siblings as adults, and haven't spent all that much time together). But as the only other LGBT person in the family, I was sort of the designated person to turn to for understanding–and it was a good challenge for me.
