Author is public face for transgendered

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03/24/2008

"But the novelist and English professor at Colby College was thrust into that role by her 2002 best-selling memoir about the transition to womanhood that freed her from the decades-long torment of being a female trapped in a male body."

I at one point entertained the idea of writing a biography/memoir about my transition, but I don't want to become "a public face for the transgendered".  I would far prefer being known for my talents, rather than "oh, she's that transsexual".

People paint what they see, write what they know.