Speaker details struggle with gender conversion
SOPHIE LOGHMAN
Issue date: 11/16/09 Section: Variety
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Stephanie Dykes realized she was "different" when she was 11 years old.
"I remember going to bed at night and praying to God to let me wake up and be a girl," Dykes said.
Now, Dykes takes female hormones and has been undergoing electrolysis for beard removal for the past five years and since 2008, she has been living full-time as a woman.
Tonight, Dykes will be discussing what it means to be transgender from a personal perspective. She offers herself as an adviser and encourages questions.