Hi Christine,
I thought you might be interested in this piece of news. I just love seeing people "come out" like this. So much human, and spiritual, potential is simply wasted by fear. This kind of integrity is good for the individual, and good for the world.....Best/cd
[New York, NY: 22 May 98] TRANSEXUAL WOMAN DONNA
Cartwright appeared today on the ABC-TV morning
interview program "The View." Ms. Cartwright, a
51-year-old copy editor, is the first New York
Times staffer to come out as transgendered.
The sympathetic interview, conducted by
Barbara Walters and broadcast live on national
TV, focused on Cartwright's long struggle with
loneliness and isolation and her decision two
years ago to resolve her gender conflict by
transitioning with a view to Sexual Reassignment
Surgery (SRS) sometime early next year.
Ms. Cartwright described the mostly positive
reaction of her family and co-workers and the
support she received from Times management, but
she stressed the importance of transgender
institutions like the Gender Identity Project
(GIP) of the Lesbian and Gay Community Center
in Manhattan.
It was the GIP, according to Cartwright,
that truly changed her life. And she talked of
the positive impact of her decision on the rest
of her life. "I have become a warmer, friendlier,
more outgoing person since beginning my
transition," she said.
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