Advocate.com – By Louis Virtel
An Emmy-nominated soap star turned her harrowing experience with her hair into a business to help transgender women.
Wig industry maven Amy Gibson relates to her transgender clientele — and not just because they provide incredible income. Skeptics can rest assured her sympathy is rooted in commiseration, not marketing.
“I really feel what they go through, being stuck in the wrong body,” says the Emmy-nominated Gibson, who played runaway alcoholic Lynn Henderson on the long-running soap Love of Life. “I really get it.”