Teaching while trans 25 years ago, Karen Topham made history, becoming the first public school teacher in the U.S. to transition while on the job. | ✍️ kerryreid
Karen Topham didn’t set out to be a trans trailblazer. She just knew she had to save her life. But when she finally came out as trans 25 years ago this month , she became the first public schoolteacher in the U.S. to transition while still on the job.
Growing up in a conservative Catholic family in New Hampshire made it even harder to come to terms with her identity. When Topham finally did come out to her father , she says, “He told me, ‘I don’t care what you have to do, but make sure your kids are out of high school. You brought those kids into the world, you gotta see them through.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, Dad. That’s exactly my plan. I want to be there to see them through. And I know that if I don’t transition, I won’t be.
Later, Topham emails me about the Benjamin standards. “I do know that for the past decade or more they have been viewed by the community as archaic and problematic. I wanted to be clear that I am not endorsing their methods; they were a transition themselves, coming at a time when studies of what were then called transsexuals were only just beginning to occur.
The changes in her personal life were more profound: Topham’s first marriage ended , and she didn’t fight her ex-wife for custody of their children, though in practical terms they shared joint custody.
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