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 Transgender/Intersex Issues
Former Affirmation Director Featured in “Edge”
Tia Owen: “Families consist of people who love each other, regardless of their gender”
Tia Owen |
November 2009
The online magazine Edge featured Tia Owen, who is intersex, Mormon, and in 1999 served as executive director for Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons.
“Owen, who now is the chief operating officer for a publicly-owned nutritional company in Las Vegas, was born with both female and male reproductive organs,” the article explains.
“(If) somebody asked me what is it like to be female or somebody asked me how it’s like to be a male, I don’t think I could describe either,” Tia says in the article. “I live life out loud (and) upfront. If you see me outside, whether business or socially, I look like an industrial-sized Mrs. Doubtfire.”
“Life is great if you view everyday as a new adventure,” Tia added. “It’s all about opportunity of excellence... Everyday life is a choice, even when you’d like to portray that there is no choice... I wouldn’t want to diminish the richness of my life to become average.”
To read the entire article, visit
http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99308
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© 2012 Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons
www.affirmation.org
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