In that moment, Miss Major realized she was a transgender woman.Īt the time, Miss Major used the term transsexual to describe herself. As a teenager, she met an older drag queen, named Kitty, who helped her dress up and taught her how to put on makeup. When her mother was not at home, she would go into her mother’s closet and try on her clothes to look and feel like a woman. Her parents thought it was just a phase and that she would eventually outwardly present herself as male.Įxploring her gender identity came gradually for Miss Major. But growing up, she always felt more like a female. She added her mother’s maiden name, Griffin, as a tribute to her. She grew up with her parents and her sister, Cookie. Major Gracy was born in Chicago in the 1940s (she is unsure of her exact birth date).
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