Krieger: The meaning of ‘transgender’

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Krieger: The meaning of 'transgender'

By Nick Krieger
05.16.2011 10:00am EDT

http://www.365gay.com/opinion/krieger-the-meaning-of-transgender/

Having a transgender discussion with my mom always feels like déjà vu.

"Do you think your memoir was published because your story is so unexpected?" my mother asked at a recent family wedding. Translation: White, upper-middle class, Ivy League graduates don't end up transgender—this kind of thing happens to other people.

We had the same conversation many years earlier, when I came out as a lesbian.