Jan Morris, trailblazer and author

[Jani]

Greetings all!  I read a wonderfully delightful article on Jan Morris recently.  "Writer Jan Morris on reporting from Everest and changing sex"

 

If you are not aware of her she's had a great life as an author and adventurer.  She currently lives in Wales with her spouse.  This article was published in March 2018 and she is a year older now at 92.  She had sex change surgery in 1972 in Casablanca, Morocco.   

https://www.ft.com/content/fd6e31da-2cf3-11e8-9b4b-bc4b9f08f381

 

Here are a couple excerpts to whet your appetite for reading!  Enjoy! 

"I push aside my plate, and vow not to eat mussels again. “That’s the stage where I would pick up the bowl and drink out of it,” says Morris, smiling."

 

"We stray back on to the sex change. “I think of myself as both.” Both what? “Both man and woman. Or a mixture of both . . . I thought I was going to be distinctly on one side. I realise now, not so. I’m both.”"

"Morris has just passed the point where she has spent more time in a woman’s body than a man’s. She is truly two of a kind. “Looking back on my life, of course I had this feeling that I was in the wrong sex and I had to get out of it. But it didn’t occur to me then that the ultimate object might be to be both. And the next object is to be neither.” Ah, yes — that’s what people talk about now, a world beyond gender roles. “I was thinking of death,” she laughs. “Not many stages in between now, are there? Only the withdrawal of my driving license.” "

"But she wrote that the change was the climax of her life. “It was then, wasn’t it — of course. That was 50 years ago.” Finally I realise. Age sometimes wearies Jan Morris, but it also puts her most extraordinary life in the context it deserves. Longevity does have its consolations."

 

[Charlize]

Thanks Jani.  i read some of her work before transitioning myself and loved what i read.  It simply seemed to explain so much.  I enjoyed the excerpts you shared on this recent article.  Wow 92!   Do we all get that as a side benefit?

 

Hugs,

 

Charlize

[Jani]

I certainly hope so! 

 

Hugs for you! 
Jani