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I don’t know if anyone but me will enjoy this but here’s a two-part documentary on a transsexual from Boise.

Will: In Quotation Marks Part 1
Will: In Quotation Marks Part 2

A friend forwarded this to me because I met Will* when I was living in Boise. He seemed like a nice kid; a little needy and still looking for his place in the world but essentially normal. Of course, I met him years before this was filmed.

I don’t know the first thing about filming a documentary but I was impressed by the level of honesty that you see in this. I am pretty guarded around what I write about here and I can’t imagine just opening up in front of a camera the way Will does. Which is of course what makes this enjoyable. You rarely see someone who is so desperately trying to find themselves even though it’s something we all struggle with.

And it’s funny to watch his friends struggle with him becoming a transsexual as well. To their credit they’re all supportive but you can just see that they don’t have the first idea on how to handle it.

Plus I’ve never seen a man get a boob job before. That was shocking.

*I’m calling him Will in this because I knew him as Will and I have it on good authority that he’s gone back to living as a man. If I’m getting the name wrong, my apologies.

EDIT: He responds. And yes, I’d love to do lunch next time I’m on the left coast.

Hey Ben I see you watched my documentry, Tia sent me that little slice of editorial that you wrote :). I just had a few things I thought I would tell ya. First, I never really considered myself a transsexual because a transsexual is someone who wants the whole opperation. I never did, I just wanted everything but the vagina. I mean who wants to lose the ability to have an orgasm am I right? :) And yes I have since gone back to living as a guy, but I haven’t gone by my first name Wil (it is spelled with one L, not two) in about five years. I go by my middle name now, which is James because I feel it suits me alot better. Anyways I still have the tits and beleive it or not, they get me laid with women a lot more then I ever did before I got them which is strange to alot of people but hey whatever works :) I consider myself to be just a transgender person because the term transgender is an umbrella term and since I don’t fit into any lable per se, (I’m a dude with tits now ha ha :) that’s just how most people would term me and it’s how I term myself even thought I just say I’m a guy these days. I’m still the same funny caring dude that you knew back in the day though a lot more personable to be around because my social skills are a lot more advanced since I last saw you. I just moved to LA about three weeks ago so maybe the next time I’m in SF or if you live in LA maybe we could meet up and grab lunch or something. I am writing a book about my last 10 years or so and am 100 pages into it with more to come. Anyways I hope you have a great week and remember, the term Transsexual only applies to someone who wants to go all the way :) Ciao,

James