NewTimesLive.com – Brian Saxton
The person sitting across the kitchen table has a warm and welcoming smile.
Jennifer Marie Stuart, 42, tall and dark-haired, is not reluctant to talk about herself. Indeed, she speaks with a candor that is sometimes disarming.
“I’m not what you see in a sleazy element on the “Jerry Springer Show,” Stuart tells her visitor. “I’m the real thing. I want my story to be told with finesse.”
In Stuart’s case, it is the story of a man who has opted to become a woman.
Stuart, a longtime resident of New Fairfield, has spent more than six years undergoing hormonal replacement therapy. Next year, she plans to go to Thailand for the final surgery.
“It’s my life, my choice, and I want to lead it with a certain quality,” Stuart said. “Nothing is going to stop me from doing this. When you want something so badly, you do what it takes to get it done.”