WashBlade.com – Zack Rosen
Cris Beam’s ‘Transparent’ led to a closer connection with trans cause
Lesbian author Cris Beam had to step out of several comfort zones while writing last year’s “Transparent: Love, Family and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers,” which was just released in paperback. What started out as a study on underprivileged, male-to-female transgender teenagers in Los Angeles unexpectedly morphed into a personal story when Beam became the foster mother to one of her subjects.