Woman interrupted

TheStar.com – Trish Crawford – Living Reporter

Her transition from man to woman hit a snag, but she fought back and found her voice as an activist

School caretaker Martine Stonehouse is Toronto’s transsexual Norma Rae.

While her transformation from man to woman is a dramatic tale in itself – interrupted by the sudden delisting of the surgical procedure – the story of her journey, from being an outcast with only one friend and never a date, to an activist and leader, is inspirational, too.