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Title: Intersex Las Vegas resident Tia Owen makes her mark
Post by: Shana A on November 24, 2009, 08:53:58 AM
Post by: Shana A on November 24, 2009, 08:53:58 AM
Intersex Las Vegas resident Tia Owen makes her mark
by Zamna Avila
EDGE Contributor
Tuesday Nov 24, 2009
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99308 (http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99308)
Ask if Tia Owen is gay and you are likely to get quip and simple answer.
"My answer is no, but I'm mildly elated," Owen, 61, said. "I don't consider myself gay or lesbian. To be a lesbian you need to be a woman; to be gay you need to be a man. "
Owen isn't just being facetious. Owen, who now is the chief operating officer for a publicly-owned nutritional company in Las Vegas, was born with both female and male reproductive organs.
by Zamna Avila
EDGE Contributor
Tuesday Nov 24, 2009
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99308 (http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99308)
Ask if Tia Owen is gay and you are likely to get quip and simple answer.
"My answer is no, but I'm mildly elated," Owen, 61, said. "I don't consider myself gay or lesbian. To be a lesbian you need to be a woman; to be gay you need to be a man. "
Owen isn't just being facetious. Owen, who now is the chief operating officer for a publicly-owned nutritional company in Las Vegas, was born with both female and male reproductive organs.