In the last few months I've posted several songs that were on a Columbia Record Club record titled "Dionne!". (Shown in a video in this post last month.) This is yet another one.
I have to admit that while looking at some of the photos and videos of Dionne I wondered if she is a transgender woman like myself. And while looking for these videos some videos saying she "is a man" popped up. They were obviously posted by wacky people trying to sensationalize it. (They would be wrong anyway because, like me, even if she was born with some male attributes, she *IS* a woman!!)
And, really, WTF does it matter?!?!? SHE has a beautiful voice and has delighted millions with her singing! Why are some people so hung up on what sex you were assigned at birth?
Speaking of which, I heard this *awesome* program on NPR's "Fresh Air" program last week called "Becoming Nicole":
NPR: http://www.npr.org/books/titles/449939030/becoming-nicole-the-transformation-of-an-american-family
It is about how one of a set of identical twins is transgender. They talked about how scientists have discovered that while your biological sex is assigned 6 weeks into pregnancy, your brain isn't masculinized or feminized until 6 months into the pregnancy. Usually they match up, but in rare cases, if there are any changes in the womb they might not.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l01THpM5oVs
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJfyiqI55f0
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2b12F5cwKs
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQH5zHqPLBc
YouTube (mono): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSCOqF4cYGU
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