Ashland man now lives life as a woman
By Holly Prestidge
Published: April 03, 2011
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/lifestyles/2011/apr/03/tdflair01-a-secret-no-more-ar-939110/ (http://www2.timesdispatch.com/lifestyles/2011/apr/03/tdflair01-a-secret-no-more-ar-939110/)
Ken Hale always felt like an outsider looking in on his life through, as he says, "painted glass."
There was something inside that made him feel different, even at age 11 or 12. He felt uncomfortable in his body. He envied the women in his life — his mother, stepmother, his older sister, female neighbors.
"If only ..." he would think to himself. But he'd push those thoughts aside and go on with living. He was a boy, and there was nothing he could do about it.