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Rob Salerno, Joshua Ginsberg / Xtra / Thursday, June 21, 2007
That look isn't just a style. To Arsenault, it's a symbol of everything she's risen above since walking away from a job as an instructor at York University and deciding to transition in 1998.
"A lot of transsexuals told me not to tell anyone I want to transition. They said, 'You'll never be accepted as a woman.' They weren't being mean, they were looking out for me," she says. "I just decided to have as much cosmetic surgery as possible.