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Title: The High Price of Looking Like a Woman
Post by: Natasha on August 19, 2011, 11:20:09 PM
Post by: Natasha on August 19, 2011, 11:20:09 PM
The High Price of Looking Like a Woman
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/nyregion/some-transgender-women-pay-a-high-price-to-look-more-feminine.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/nyregion/some-transgender-women-pay-a-high-price-to-look-more-feminine.html)
8/19/11
By LAURA RENA MURRAY
ZAIRA QUISPE, 42, said she knew as a child that she was a girl, though she had been born male. She picked up a photo that she kept on the windowsill above her bed and held it out as proof. It's a picture of herself as a smiling baby, naked and with legs crossed, concealing genitals. "Look," she said, "even then I was trying to hide it."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/nyregion/some-transgender-women-pay-a-high-price-to-look-more-feminine.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/nyregion/some-transgender-women-pay-a-high-price-to-look-more-feminine.html)
8/19/11
By LAURA RENA MURRAY
ZAIRA QUISPE, 42, said she knew as a child that she was a girl, though she had been born male. She picked up a photo that she kept on the windowsill above her bed and held it out as proof. It's a picture of herself as a smiling baby, naked and with legs crossed, concealing genitals. "Look," she said, "even then I was trying to hide it."
Title: Re: The High Price of Looking Like a Woman
Post by: SandraJane on August 19, 2011, 11:54:52 PM
Post by: SandraJane on August 19, 2011, 11:54:52 PM
Click on the link concerning the "study"in the article conducted by the NYC Health Dept. concerning Transgendered Women and HIV, or go to the Medical and Science News Board were an article and link to the actually report is posted.
Thank You Natasha for finding and posting this article!
Thank You Natasha for finding and posting this article!