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Posted: 9/21/2012 11:23:37 AM EST
In this July 22, 2012 photo, Linda Elizabeth Tylor Martinez, 22, is lit up by lights as she dances after performing at the Quinceanera birthday party of her friend Clancy Azuzena Monroy at a neighborhood dance hall in Guatemala City. Born a man, Tylor is a transgender woman who moves between two distinct worlds: one male, one female. Tylor is a man as a teacher and a woman as a prostitute. "In the beginning it (prostitution) was out of necessity because I was still getting my teacher's license,” she said. “But now, it's also because it's the only place that I can really be a woman." (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Posted: 9/21/2012 11:23:37 AM EST
In this June 15, 2012 photo, Linda Elizabeth Tylor Martinez, 22, left, takes the bus with her costume which she will use to compete in the Miss Night Queen beauty contest in Guatemala City. Born a man, Tylor is a transgender woman who moves between two distinct worlds: one male, one female. Tylor is a man as a teacher and a woman as a prostitute. "In the beginning it (prostitution) was out of necessity because I was still getting my teacher's license,” she said. “But now, it's also because it's the only place that I can really be a woman." (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Posted: 9/21/2012 11:23:37 AM EST
In this June 15, 2012 photo, a bullet that was turned into a key-ring, which belongs to the father, a former soldier, of Linda Elizabeth Tylor Martinez, hangs inside her father's home in the El Milagro neighborhood of Guatemala City. Born a man, Tylor is a transgender woman who moves between two distinct worlds: one male, one female. Tylor's father does not accept his son's decision to be transgender and does not allow him to be a woman at his home. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Posted: 9/21/2012 11:23:37 AM EST
In this July 22, 2012 photo, Linda Elizabeth Tylor Martinez, 22, retouches Clancy Azuzena Monroy's hair after doing it up for her Quinceanera birthday party in Guatemala City. Born a man, Tylor is a transgender woman who moves between two distinct worlds: one male, one female. Tylor is a man as a teacher and a woman as a prostitute. "In the beginning it (prostitution) was out of necessity because I was still getting my teacher's license,” she said. “But now, it's also because it's the only place that I can really be a woman." (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Posted: 9/21/2012 11:23:37 AM EST
In this July 14, 2012 photo, Linda Elizabeth Tylor Martinez, 22, flirts with a potential client at a bar in the El Milagro neighborhood of Guatemala City. Born a man, Tylor is a transgender woman who moves between two distinct worlds: one male, one female. Tylor is a man as a teacher and a woman as a prostitute. "In the beginning it (prostitution) was out of necessity because I was still getting my teacher's license,” she said. “But now, it's also because it's the only place that I can really be a woman." (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Posted: 9/21/2012 11:23:37 AM EST
In this July 14, 2012 photo, Linda Elizabeth Tylor Martinez, 22, left, looks in a mirror as she gets ready at a friend's home before working as a sex worker in "El Milagro" neighborhood, Guatemala City. Born a man, Tylor is a transgender woman who moves between two distinct worlds: one male, one female. Tylor is a man as a teacher and a woman as a prostitute. "In the beginning it (prostitution) was out of necessity because I was still getting my teacher's license,” she said. “But now, it's also because it's the only place that I can really be a woman." (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Posted: 9/21/2012 11:23:37 AM EST
In this July 4, 2012 photo, Linda Elizabeth Tylor Martinez, 22, stands with her students during recess at a public school in the El Milagro neighborhood of Guatemala City. Born a man, Tylor is a transgender woman who moves between two distinct worlds: one male, one female. Tylor is a man as a teacher and a woman as a prostitute. "In the beginning it (prostitution) was out of necessity because I was still getting my teacher's license,” she said. “But now, it's also because it's the only place that I can really be a woman." (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Posted: 9/21/2012 11:23:37 AM EST
In this July 4, 2012 photo, Linda Elizabeth Tylor Martinez, 22, an elementary school teacher, works with students during class at a public school in the El Milagro neighborhood of Guatemala City. Born a man, Tylor is a transgender woman who moves between two distinct worlds: one male, one female. Tylor is a man as a teacher and a woman as a prostitute. "In the beginning it (prostitution) was out of necessity because I was still getting my teacher's license,” she said. “But now, it's also because it's the only place that I can really be a woman." (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Posted: 9/21/2012 11:23:37 AM EST
In this June 15, 2012 photo, Linda Elizabeth Tylor Martinez, 22, center, gets dressed as she and others prepare to compete in the Miss Night Queen beauty contest in Guatemala City. Born a man, Tylor is a transgender woman who moves between two distinct worlds: one male, one female. Tylor is a man as a teacher and a woman as a prostitute. "In the beginning it (prostitution) was out of necessity because I was still getting my teacher's license,” she said. “But now, it's also because it's the only place that I can really be a woman." (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Posted: 9/21/2012 11:23:37 AM EST
In this June 15, 2012 photo, Linda Elizabeth Tylor Martinez, 22, looks in the mirror as she tries on the paper crown that she will use to compete in the upcoming the Miss Night Queen beauty contest in the El Milagro neighborhood of Guatemala City. Born a man, Tylor is a transgender woman who moves between two distinct worlds: one male, one female. Tylor is a man as a teacher and a woman as a prostitute. "In the beginning it (prostitution) was out of necessity because I was still getting my teacher's license,” she said. “But now, it's also because it's the only place that I can really be a woman." (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Posted: 9/21/2012 11:23:37 AM EST
In this June 15, 2012 photo, Linda Elizabeth Tylor Martinez, 22, buys lingerie at a street market to wear at the upcoming Miss Night Queen beauty contest she plans to compete in, in the El Milagro neighborhood of Guatemala City. Born a man, Tylor is a transgender woman who moves between two distinct worlds: one male, one female. Tylor is a man as a teacher and a woman as a prostitute. "In the beginning it (prostitution) was out of necessity because I was still getting my teacher's license,” she said. “But now, it's also because it's the only place that I can really be a woman." (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Posted: 9/21/2012 11:23:37 AM EST
In this July 22, 2012 photo, Linda Elizabeth Tylor Martinez, 22, shaves as she prepares for the birthday party of a friend turning 15, who hired Martinez to do her hair and to perform a dance during the party, in the El Milagro neighborhood of Guatemala City. Born a man, Tylor is a transgender woman who moves between two distinct worlds: one male, one female. Tylor is a man as a teacher and a woman as a prostitute. "In the beginning it (prostitution) was out of necessity because I was still getting my teacher's license,” she said. “But now, it's also because it's the only place that I can really be a woman." (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Posted: 8/3/2012 11:28:35 AM EST
Gays, lesbians, transvestites and their supporters dance as they participate in a gay rally in Pokhara 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. Hundreds of gay, lesbian and transgender people marched in a Nepal town to demand recognition as a third gender in citizen certificates, to allow same-sex marriage and support criminalizing discrimination based on sexual preference. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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Posted: 8/3/2012 11:28:35 AM EST
Gays, lesbians, transvestites and their supporters dance as they participate in a gay rally in Pokhara 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. Hundreds of gay, lesbian and transgender people marched in a Nepal town to demand recognition as a third gender in citizen certificates, to allow same-sex marriage and support criminalizing discrimination based on sexual preference. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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Posted: 8/3/2012 11:28:35 AM EST
A participant rejoices during a gay rally in Pokhara 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. Hundreds of gay, lesbian, transgender people marched in a Nepal town to demand recognition as a third gender in citizen certificates, to allow same-sex marriage and support criminalizing discrimination based on sexual preference. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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Posted: 7/21/2012 7:08:40 PM EST
Rachel Sorrow, at left, a transgender woman, attends a therapy session with Dr. Dan Karasic, a psychiatrist with the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, at San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco, Friday, July 20, 2012. The nation’s psychiatric establishment is wrestling with questions on proper treatment of transgender people as it works to overhaul its diagnostic manual for the first time in almost two decades. Advocates have spent years lobbying the American Psychiatric Association to rewrite or even remove the categories typically used to diagnose transgender people, arguing that terms like Gender Identity Disorder and Transvestic Fetishism promote discrimination by broad-brushing a diverse population with the stigma of mental illness. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Posted: 7/21/2012 7:08:40 PM EST
Rachel Sorrow, a transgender woman, attends a therapy session with Dr. Dan Karasic, a psychiatrist with the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, at San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco, Friday, July 20, 2012. The nation’s psychiatric establishment is wrestling with questions on proper treatment of transgender people as it works to overhaul its diagnostic manual for the first time in almost two decades. Advocates have spent years lobbying the American Psychiatric Association to rewrite or even remove the categories typically used to diagnose transgender people, arguing that terms like Gender Identity Disorder and Transvestic Fetishism promote discrimination by broad-brushing a diverse population with the stigma of mental illness. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Posted: 7/21/2012 7:08:40 PM EST
Rachel Sorrow, a transgender woman, smiles as she attends a therapy session with Dr. Dan Karasic, a psychiatrist with the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, at San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco, Friday, July 20, 2012. The nation’s psychiatric establishment is wrestling with questions on proper treatment of transgender people as it works to overhaul its diagnostic manual for the first time in almost two decades. Advocates have spent years lobbying the American Psychiatric Association to rewrite or even remove the categories typically used to diagnose transgender people, arguing that terms like Gender Identity Disorder and Transvestic Fetishism promote discrimination by broad-brushing a diverse population with the stigma of mental illness. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Posted: 6/17/2012 1:45:10 PM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a reception to observe “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month at the White House in Washington June 15, 2012. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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Posted: 6/16/2012 4:12:41 PM EST
A participant celebrates during the "Regenbogenparade" (Rainbow Parade) in Vienna June 16, 2012. The parade celebrates the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in the Austrian capital. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (AUSTRIA - Tags: SOCIETY)
