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Title: Transgender community in Chicago suburbs hopes new era really here
Post by: traci_k on June 26, 2015, 06:35:06 AM
Post by: traci_k on June 26, 2015, 06:35:06 AM
Transgender community in Chicago suburbs hopes new era really here
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/arlington-heights/news/ct-arh-arlington-heights-transgender-pride-tl-20150625-story.html
By Karen Ann Cullotta
Chicago Tribune
For a 4-year-old boy who enjoyed tottering around the house in his mother's high heels the word "transgender" was not part of Soto Petropoulos' childhood.
These days, Petropoulos, 47, can be found warmly greeting customers at Transformations, his family's Arlington Heights clothing and accessories shop that caters to the transgender community. More than four decades after he first donned women's clothing, he is cautiously optimistic that celebrity Bruce Jenner's recent transition to Caitlyn will help others end years of living in the shadows.
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As I'm originally from Chicago, it's good to see the transgender community getting some positive coverage, not unexpected as the Chicago Pride Parade is this weekend and is usually well attended.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/arlington-heights/news/ct-arh-arlington-heights-transgender-pride-tl-20150625-story.html
By Karen Ann Cullotta
Chicago Tribune
For a 4-year-old boy who enjoyed tottering around the house in his mother's high heels the word "transgender" was not part of Soto Petropoulos' childhood.
These days, Petropoulos, 47, can be found warmly greeting customers at Transformations, his family's Arlington Heights clothing and accessories shop that caters to the transgender community. More than four decades after he first donned women's clothing, he is cautiously optimistic that celebrity Bruce Jenner's recent transition to Caitlyn will help others end years of living in the shadows.
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As I'm originally from Chicago, it's good to see the transgender community getting some positive coverage, not unexpected as the Chicago Pride Parade is this weekend and is usually well attended.