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Originally appeared in Transgender Tapestry #101, Spring 2003. by Monica F. Helms ?OK, class. Take your seats. It?s time to begin. My name is Ms. Monica Helms. I?ll be your instructor for Transgender 101 this semester. Let me start off by asking all of you to put your hands down. I already know what your first question is, because it?s the same one I get every semester. No, I am NOT related to Senator Jesse Helms. However, I would like to meet him one day and tell him I?m his long-lost niece/nephew and watch him keel over. If he has a heart attack, he?d better not expect mouth-to-mouth from me.?
Published May 02, 2003 - 08:00 AM
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Originally appeared in Transgender Tapestry #99, Fall 2002. And That's The Way It Is! by Monica Helms This April, I felt privileged to attend my first IFGE convention. I had fun, and made new friends. The awards ceremonies brought tears to my eyes, while the workshops and panels informed and delighted me.
Published Oct 16, 2002 - 08:00 AM
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Originally appeared in Transgender Tapestry #099, Fall 2002. by Monica F. Helms The Kansas Supreme Court decision on March 15, 2002 in ?In re Estate of Gardiner? sent a shock wave through our community that we had not experienced since the Supreme Court turned down Christie Lee Littleton?s case, the firing of Dana Rivers, or the Minnesota court case of Juli Goins. The transgender community has become used to serving as society?s sparing partner, bobbing and weaving to avoid solid contact, but it still stings when they land a strong left hook that sends us to canvas. How can anyone blame us when we respond to these emotional defeats? In true transgender fashion, our response comes in the form of words, pouring out our emotions on the computer screen before us: --------------------------------------------
Published Sep 26, 2002 - 09:39 PM
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Originally appeared in Transgender Tapestry #099, Fall 2002. by Monica F. Helms This April, I felt privileged to attend my first IFGE convention. I had fun, and made new friends. The awards ceremonies brought tears to my eyes, while the workshops and panels informed and delighted me. But in spite of all this, there is one evening that will forever live in infamy. I call it The Night of a Thousand Ribs.
Published Sep 26, 2002 - 09:27 PM
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Originally appeared in Transgender Tapestry #098, Summer 2002 by Monica F. Helms It will be a long time before these words appear in Transgender Tapestry. Today, in early March, the weather is unseasonably cold and uninviting here in Georgia?but summer will have set in by the time you peel back the cover of this magazine. Somewhere across this country, pre-op MTF transsexuals will be standing in front of mirrors, modeling new bikinis the world may never see them in. Been there, done that.
Published Jun 26, 2002 - 09:57 PM
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