In Space Between Genders a 'Seahorse' Emerges
By Nick Krieger
WeNews guest author
Sunday, July 17, 2011
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As Nina transitions into Nick, he discovers the space between being a man and a woman. In this excerpt from his book, "Nina Here Nor There," he describes a similar journey undertaken by his friend Bec through this middle ground.
(WOMENSENEWS)--Bec moved to North Carolina with this girlfriend, and a year and a half later, when their breakup became imminent, Bec planned a return to San Francisco.
This major life transition presented the perfect time for a major physical change. What had always been in the background of Bec's mind leapt to the forefront. She searched online, using words like breast reduction, gay and queer, until she acquired the terminology, words like top surgery, bilateral mastectomy, female-to-male, transgender--the latter a word she hadn't considered applying to herself at the time.