Michelle LeBlanc is a well known and gravelly voiced transsexual woman here in Quebec and her book, chronicling her life and transition, has been on bookstore shelves for almost 2 years now. Yesterday I was in a store and a woman very politely approached me wearing a friendly smile and said "Madame may I ask you a question? I just read Michelle Leblanc's book and I loved it!" I knew where she was going and wasting a perfectly good opportunity to do outreach I responded quicker than my brain could keep up. "Oh but I'm not a transsexual madame" in a very friendly way so that she would not feel embarassed. She turned a little red and responded "Oh excuse me madame!" I returned with "I guess I am a little large for a woman and people do sometimes stare at the mall" For the record I am 6' 1". "But I am not the least bit insulted and I think you're a very brave soul for coming up to me as most people would not
Thoughts and ideas (plus a little gender theory) from an intellectually curious transgender person. - “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson