Trans women get ready for Catwalk event

EBAR.com – by Katie Dettman

Tita Aida, who has hosted numerous charitable benefits over the years, has something new this month – “Catwalk ’08,” which is billed as an “elite modeling competition and beauty pageant for the transgender community.”

The competition is expected to feature 16 transgender women, said Aida, who during her day job at the Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center is Nicky Calma, a transgender woman herself who was named to the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women last month.