100 Transpeople We Love 2008
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6107 (http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6107)
7/13/2008
Pam had a diary yesterday (which you can find here linking to a lovely article in Go Magazine entitled "100 Women we Love 2008". It was a fascinatingly educational article, and I very much encourage everyone to read it. These women are inspiring. Now, it's been pointed out that the article was rather sparse on transwomen. Kate Bornstein was there, and I respect her immensely, even if I don't always agree with her. But she was by herself.
Billy Tipton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Tipton), Jazz Musician.
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Passed without surgery or hormone therapy for many years of his life... He's kind of a hero of mine. Jazz + living full time without any hormones. A good role model, I think. At least in that respect.
Right now I pass right about as well as he does. I look back to Billy when I'm feeling blue and remember what a successful life he had.