Uptown explores what it means to be transgender — and the developing local support system for those in transition

Uptown Magazine
Marlo Campbell
http://www.uptownmag.com/news-and-views/features/The-journey-toward-acceptance-136680093.html

For many people, the start of a new year represents a blank slate, making it the perfect time for all sorts of new beginnings.
   
For Julianne, a 37-year-old Winnipegger whose last name Uptown is not publishing to protect the identity of her 12-year-old daughter, the start of 2012 marks the continuation of a new beginning — one she initiated last spring when she finally came to terms with her true identity as a transgender woman.

The more reasonable stories appear in the press, the more it helps demystify transgender issues.

I guess Canada has mean people, but I have yet to meet a Canadian who is not a nice person.

Canada is America's hat!

Lol I mean, yup yup. I've had a lot of good experiences with Canadians. Their culture as a whole seems calmer and more reasonable than the U.S.