A trans trailblazer
MONTREAL / Meet Montreal Gazette blogger Jillian Page
Matthew Hays / National / Thursday, December 22, 2011
http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/A_trans_trailblazer-11298.aspxThirty seconds into our conversation, and it's quite clear Jillian Page is a writer. She's already telling me how the lead for this article should read. "How about: 'Another trans writer – ho hum,'" she suggests. It's not something I'd consider, given that Page is a really fascinating interview and has an inspiring life story to tell. "But you know what? That's part of my goal," Page says, with determination. "I'd like to see the day when the idea that someone is trans is really just considered blasé. I hope that one day we don't have to shine a light on trans issues."
While there's still a lot the public has to learn about trans people and the struggles they face, they can turn to Page, who writes a lively, lucid blog, Trans Talk, which runs on
MontrealGazette.com, the online version of one of North America's oldest daily newspapers.
