Advocate.com – By Joanne Herman
Varying degrees of ?stealth? have allowed many transgender people to be quite successful in spite of the challenges. The 12th and final installment in The Advocate?s Transgender 101 series
I might have transitioned sooner to live as a female had there been greater public awareness of transgender people. There has been no shortage of stereotypes and Hollywood images, and none of them ever seemed to fit me. It wasn’t until I read Crossing, the autobiography of noted economist and university professor Deirdre McCloskey, that I started to realize that there are transgender people in every walk of life?even mine.
Since then I have learned of lots of transgender success stories, many of which were not widely known because those involved had kept quiet about their transgender status. I?d like to share some of those stories with you. Since my space is limited, I?m going to limit my sharing to stories you probably have not heard. That means I?ll only mention people outside of the entertainment industry and whose ?day jobs? do not directly involve transgender activism.