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The Transgender Journalist That Confused the Queen

Sheila · 06/13/08 09:35AM

We told you earlier about British journalist and travel writer Jan Morris, who recently re-married her partner of almost sixty years. Before her sex change, Jan used to be James Morris—the first person to report the conquest of Mount Everest is 1953. James Morris was a very well-known reporter, and Bookslut brought to our attention this recent anecdote: years later, when Morris met the Queen of England as a woman, the Queen got very confused:

The Greatest Transsexual Romance of All Time

Sheila · 06/04/08 10:54AM

Traditional gender roles are for capitalists! Journalist and novelist Jan Morris married her wife for the second time last week. The first time they got married—almost sixty years ago—she was a man. Morris is 81 years old and was the reporter with the original scoop on the climbing of Mount Everest in 1953. (And yes, Morris wrote not one but two books about the sex-change adventure.) Click to enlarge the before-and-after pics! [Daily Mail]