Oprah, I Hardly Knew You
By JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN
Published: May 27, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/opinion/28boylan.html?_r=2&ref=opinion (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/opinion/28boylan.html?_r=2&ref=opinion)
also at http://www.jenniferboylan.net/2011/05/28/jfb-oped-in-new-york-times-oprah-i-hardly-knew-you/ (http://www.jenniferboylan.net/2011/05/28/jfb-oped-in-new-york-times-oprah-i-hardly-knew-you/)
THERE I was, on Oprah Winfrey's couch, when she turned to me and asked: "So. You have a vagina?"
As a transgender woman, I'd gotten this question before. I allowed as how I did.
Ms. Winfrey began to sing to me. "Yes, she has a vagina."
I interrupted her. "What you mean," I said, "is, yes, we have no bananas.'"