Baltimore Sun (http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bal-to.opera22oct22,0,4688856.story)
By Tim Smith | Sun music critic
October 22, 2007
"To go straight to the crux of the matter, I'm a pre-op, female-to-male transsexual," says Franks, 43, who prefers to be addressed by male pronouns.
"Even when I was little tiny kid, people asked me, 'Are you a boy or a girl?' In adult life, I couldn't stand myself. I wasn't happy in my own skin," says Franks, who had a voluntary