Thank You, AMC

To all the folks involved with the production of the Zoey/Zarf story line on “All My Children” I’d like to say thank you. I’ve never watched something so transpositive in the popular culture as I’ve witnessed today. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, see the clips below:

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And that’s just the beginning….

Zoe going to the endocrinologist to start HRT

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and the one that kinda hurts… is about Zoe’s mother.

part I

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part II

[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/1oForww4ts8″ width=”425″ height=”350″/] I don’t think I’ve ever sat at the computer and cried, like I just did. Then I went to my personal blog and wrote about it. You can read that here.

Rosie O’Donnell interviewing the actor that plays Zoey, Jeffery Carlson

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Marti Abernathey is the founder of the Transadvocate and the previous managing editor. Abernathey has worn many different hats, including that of podcaster, activist, and radiologic technologist. She's been a part of various internet radio ventures such as TSR Live!, The T-Party, and The Radical Trannies, TransFM, and Sodium Pentathol Sunday. As an advocate she's previously been involved with the Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance, Rock Indiana Campaign for Equality, and the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition. She's taken vital roles as a grass roots community organizer in The Indianapolis Tax Day Protest (2003), The Indy Pride HRC Protest (2004), Transgender Day of Remembrance (2004), Indiana's Witch Hunt (2005), and the Rally At The Statehouse (the largest ever GLBT protest in Indiana - 3/2005). In 2008 she was a delegate from Indiana to the Democratic National Convention and a member of Barack Obama's LGBT Steering and Policy Committee. Abernathey currently hosts the Youtube Channel "The T-Party with Marti Abernathey."