The Boston Globe via Boston dot com (http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/08/19/freeing_up_deborah/?p1=MEWell_Pos4)
She'd march up to a salesclerk and explain, "I'm a transsexual, so I'm new to this." Then she'd ask her particular question, whether it be which cut of jeans would cover the top of her panties or which type of fabrics wouldn't cling to her arms. "I have questions that no 50-year-old woman should have," she said.
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Part 1 (http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/08/12/family_doctors_journey_full_story/)