"She has problems at home."
"That sucks," I said.
"She spends a good deal of time at my apartment with my sister and myself."
I asked if his sister is a T girl.
"She's genetic."
"Say hi to Melanie and give her my best."
"She'll appreciate that."
Melanie, a thirty year old, had begun dressing by age 12. By 18, making one last attempt to prove that she's a man, she had begun five years in the army. She began dressing full time shortly after her discharge. Now thirty, and a college graduate, she works as a marketing manager, and lives as a woman.
"My aunt and uncle never accepted it."
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