User Profile

Born and raised in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley, I was born the son of a motion picture/television industry Costume Supervisor and a homemaker.

I graduated high school in 1977, and joined the US Navy in 1980. As a Fire Controlman, I served on three Guided Missile Fast Frigates and a Micellaneous Command Ship. I'm a 20-year service retiree, retiring as a Fire Controlman First Class in 2000. I'm considered a Persian Gulf War Veteran, although I have to admit that I arrived in the Persian Gulf two months after the ground war ended.

In the Navy, one of my collateral duties was as an Equal Opportunity/Sexual Harassment instructor -- I was an Equal Opportunity/Sexual Harassment instructor for the last seven years of her career. I was sexually harassed myself in the last year of my military service; the harassment began because one of my male subordinates perceived me to be an effeminate gay male.

I began transitioning from male to female a few years ago. Since my transition began, I was awarded a 100% Veterans Administration Service Connected Disability rating. (That's a mouthful!)

These days I function most as a transgender civil rights activist. I now post and moderate the transgendernews YahooGroup and a few other groups. I'm also is a team member of California's Transgender Equity Alliance (TEA), and a Board Member of San Diego's Transgender Community Coalition.

Besides that, I have a wonderful cat named Bon-Bon. She's a beautiful tiger striped tabby -- she looks like a little mountain lion. :)

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