First, I would suggest you read or join the forums on our site at http://www.genderlife.com/forum . There are so many women there in various stages of dealing with the transition process with their family, friends and work… You will probably find a lot of information and support there. It is a wide range of people, though, and by no means perfect, but there is support and information to be found there.

Second, I suggest you look into http://www.tsroadmap.com for good basic information. If you have really searched your soul and decided that transitioning is right for you, then the younger you start, the better. I started not much older than you are now, when I was fresh out of the Navy and some college. For me, I had to decide that I wanted to be a woman whether I had on makeup or not, whether I had on a dress or grubby overalls, and whether I ever had a lover again or not. Being a woman had nothing to do with makeup, clothes, shoes, and sex — although those things are wonderful/fun side benefits of womanhood. For me, being a woman was just what I am, so I had to do it no matter what the consequences. 

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There are hardly any media companies that specifically court trans people. Depending on where you are in your transition, you can take a number of directions.

I’ll start by saying that right now, Deep Stealth is still in its early stages and we are still only bringing people on as independent contractors for specific jobs (ie: cinematographer for a particular film we’re making). Once that project is over, we part ways, though we remain friends with everyone we’ve worked with pretty much forever. Someday, I’d love to see us grow enough to bring on paid team members… Fingers crossed!

If you are very well integrated into life and society as female already, I would recommend seeking work at the best and largest company that will hire you, transsexuality be damned. Experience at CNN, ABC/NBC/CBS, etc is solid gold for when you move on to other companies that might suit your interests more, or start your own. I’m not saying you should be stealth, or not be stealth, or how you should choose to share your history—that’s your choice. True, complete stealth is a house of cards, in my opinion, but I like living my daily life without my trans past being the frontline issue of every waking moment, with every stranger and friend.

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I will be completely honest and upfront about the modeling industry as I understand it, and you can decide how this applies to your situation yourself. As I’ve learned here in Hollywood, the best teachers (like my acting teacher) are unflinchingly direct about the requirements of the business, because once we’re out there trying to get work, we can count on no mercy from the people who are hiring and firing.


* There will always be exceptions to the information below (“I know of this one model who started at 30 and had no teeth and she’s famous today...” etc) but by and large this is the way it works:

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