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Haverford School grad returns to tell HER story

Started by Shana A, December 08, 2010, 08:21:49 AM

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December 08, 2010, 08:21:49 AM
Haverford School grad returns to tell HER story

Published: Tuesday, December 07, 2010
By Cheryl Allison

http://mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2010/12/07/main_line_times/news/doc4cfe8cb6486d0188692575.txt

"You guys look different, too," a speaker at the Haverford School told teachers and classmates in the audience, to break the ice.

Admittedly, though, Jenny Boylan, Class of '76, has gone through a transformation well beyond aging.

Boylan, who attended the private all-boys school from eighth grade through graduation, did so as James Boylan. A professor of creative writing and American literature at Colby College in Maine since 1988, she is also a transgender woman, who made the physical transition in her early 40s.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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