[Magdalen] Christine Jorgensen

[Grace Cangialosi]

David,

I heard someone on NPR the other day say that transsexual and transgender
aren't the same thing, but I forget the distinction. Maybe transsexuals
have had the surgical procedures and transgenders haven't?

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
> In a message dated 6/4/2015 9:13:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> gracecan at gmail.com writes:
>
> Alln,
> I was thinking about Jorgenson yesterday, because I  remember that, though
> I was only nine in 1952. I was a voracious reader even  then, and must have
> seen it in the paper or heard something on the radio. We  were living in
> Japan at the time. I remember knowing only that a man had  somehow turned
> into
> a woman, but I never asked my parents about it. I seem  also to remember
> seeing before and after pictures...maybe in Life  Magazine.
> Then a bit later there was Dr. Renee Richards, but I don't  remember her
> other name or which came first.>>>>
> I remember the snarky jokes about both of these individuals.  It was  all
> very
> unsavory, and it wasn't just the red-neck element, either.  Mainstream
> comedians
> considered these two as fair game for their standup acts.
>
> It's nice to see that public opinion has changed so positively about the
> subject
> of transsexuals.  This is not to say that there are not still snarky
> jokes, but
> they are no longer as acceptable in mainstream society.
>
> I've had some contact with perhaps a half-dozen transsexuals in my  day.
> One, a retired gynecologist and decorated paratrooper was especially
> close,
> and I have mentioned before my escorting her to operas at the Met  where
> she was quite a sensation with her blonde, beehive hairdo.
>
> I actually dated a male to female transsexual, an investment banker,  and
> communicant at Saint Mark's Cathedral, Minneapolis.  Her friends who  had
> known her before the changes considered it all mutilation because she  had
> been a stunning man, but not a gorgeous woman.  She was unhappy with  that,
> but soldiered on anyway.
>
> Another female to male transsexual sang bass with me in the NE PA
> Philharmonic
> Chorus.  She has a PhD in the Welsh language.  It's amazing what  hormones
> can do to the larynx.
>
> These are all tough guys/gals.
>
>
> David S.
>
>
>
>


-- 
Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

Keep Calm and Carry OM.