Annie was born in South Texas in the fifties, that time of Ike and Elvis and the Edsel. Her family was solidly middle class, and her life was normal in every way except one: she was born the wrong sex.BIOShe always knew she was different, but it wasnt until the onset of puberty that she realized just how bad the problem was. She was simply not a boy. She soon discovered that not going along with the deception would get her in trouble, and quickly became very good at pretending to be what she was not. Sometimes she even convinced herself.
Finally, after too many years of living a lie, she reached the point at which it was obvious that things would have to change. Once the decision was made, things happened quickly. Counseling, hormone therapy, support groups; the transition was scary, but at the same time joyful.
She is still in the process (many say its a process that never ends), and if you think shes going to give you more detailed information than that, youre wrong; some things remain personal.
Comments (3)
soapy
Heheh the ol hawkeye, Ive got one. Shame kodak went with their own proprietary 62o film format instead of the 120 which is the same thing different spool. People would still be having fun using those if they were 120 film cameras..
Cinema1954
I think just about everyone of a certain age had one of these. It was my first camera, as it was for a lot of people. There's at least one company that sells 120 film respooled onto 620 spools, so they're still usable.
vkoontz
Same here. My first camera and the first B&W I developed. The large negative size made fair contact prints.