ThePhoenix.com – Adam Reilly
When a person in the center of a media maelstrom has had a sex change, is it fair game for the press?
Aiden Quinn used to be a woman. Now he’s a man. It’s a titillating detail – but is it news?
Quinn, you’ll likely recall, is the 24-year-old subway driver from Attleboro who – moments after text-messaging his girlfriend on the evening of May 8 – crashed a Green Line train into another near the MBTA’s Government Center stop, injuring roughly 50 passengers and causing an estimated $9.6 million in damages. The accident dominated the Boston news for days and prompted the announcement, on May 13, of a no-cell-phones policy for the T’s drivers; it also led to Quinn’s firing.