Michael Brinkle (1951 - ) performer, sex worker, waitress.
http://zagria.blogspot.com/2010/07/michael-brinkle-1951-performer-sex.htmlMichael and his elder sister were left at the Baptist Children's Home in Memphis, Tennessee when he was three. He was sexually abused in the home and later in the scouts. He and his sister were adopted by the same parents when he was nine. Michael had been called 'Butch' at the home, and his new parents continued this.
When he was 18 he ran away to Baltimore because he had heard about sex changes at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He worked in a restaurant, and started going out in drag. He found Inferno, the local drag bar. Kelly, a cis woman stripper, had him move in as a roommate so that her boyfriend would not come back.
Michael became Michelle, became a dancer and turned tricks. She went to New York for silicone injections. She never did register at Johns Hopkins. Another trans woman told Michelle about the operations in Casablanca, and together they applied for passports, but had to make a scene at the Passport Office before they were given the application forms. They flew to Casablanca, but Dr Burou didn't want to perform on Michelle as she was only 19, but eventually after her pleading he took her $2,000 and did so.
