She was a man who struggled with that identity, now she’s at home in her body and in Lake Worth…

PalmBeachPost.com – By Christine Evans – Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Lake Worth – The new city manager in this quirky little town has a lot on her mind: water rates, slumlords, gangs, a tricky redevelopment project – and, of course, the fact that when she takes a quiet moment to consider city affairs, she often glances down.

And spots her own high heels.

“I’m still not used to that,” Susan Stanton said. “It sounds like such a small thing, but the last time I was in a city manager position, I was a man. When I looked at the ground and saw my shoes under the conference table, they were men’s shoes.