Transgender man begins walk across America

Published 04/26/2012
by Heather Cassell

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=67650

Mikal Chall is just an ordinary transgender man from Michigan, but he has a big quest: equality. Putting one foot in front of the other and towing his handcrafted trailer behind him, he left San Francisco on April 23 on his journey across the "land of the free" to Washington, D.C.

The first transgender man to hoof it across the U.S., he believes, he hopes to arrive in the nation's capital by Election Day.

Chall also hopes to raise more awareness about inequalities in America with his 2nd Class Citizen Project, which includes the walk and presenting Congress with a petition at the end of his journey. He plans to also produce a film interviewing people he meets about inequality in America.

Best of luck to the chap. May his stride be long and his blisters few.

Leave a message of support at his site.

http://www.the2ndclasscitizenproject.org/

Heck leave a donation too 

Trans man's trek for equality cut short

Published 07/19/2012
by Heather Cassell

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=67887

An attempt to cross America by foot was abandoned by trans man Mikal Chall before he made it out of California.

Chall, 37, who believed he was the first transgender man to attempt to walk across the U.S., set out from San Francisco on April 23. His goal was to raise awareness about inequalities and to make it to Washington, D.C. by Election Day.

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But three weeks into his journey, Chall, who is from Travers City, Michigan, was in Placerville in the Sierra Nevada foothills heading toward the Nevada border when his fiancee Terra Truelove developed health issues, his eldest daughter had complications with her second pregnancy, and he faced constant pressure from his mother to end the trek. Disappointed, Chall walked back to Sacramento and got on a plane home to his fiancee Terra Truelove and his family and friends.