The London Times Magazine Profiles Trans Advocate Janet Mock
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 11:45am
by Kimberley McLeod, GLAAD's Communities of African Descent Media Field Strategist

http://www.glaad.org/blog/london-times-magazine-profiles-trans-advocate-janet-mock

The London Times Magazine recently ran a profile of editor and trans advocate Janet Mock and her boyfriend, photographer Aaron Tredwell. The four-page feature, written by Hermione Hoby and photographed by Martha Camarillo, touts Janet's journey to womanhood and the couple's love story.

This excerpt is cross-posted from The London Times Magazine. View the original article.

By Hermione Hoby

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"We ended up sitting right there," says Janet, pointing to a table just behind us. Janet says she wanted to tell Aaron about her past almost straight away, "but I was struggling with, 'Is he still going to love me? Is he still going to want to be with me?'" One night in his apartment, she mustered the courage.

"I remember taking a deep breath, and I said, 'I was born a boy.' And he was just nodding and listening. He was very calm."