Angela BridgmaninTales of a Transgender TarheelThe Phoenix Rises (Part 10 — Reinvention and Dreams)At the end of May, 2022 — I got a kick in the complacency, which, I think, we all need sometimes. My contract with the doctor I had served…Oct 22, 2022Oct 22, 2022
Angela BridgmaninTales of a Transgender TarheelThe Phoenix Rises (Part 9 — A New Beginning)So…in 2013…I began working in the capacity I still, to this day work. As an independent contractor doing medical billing and coding work…Apr 27, 2019Apr 27, 2019
Angela BridgmaninTales of a Transgender TarheelThe Phoenix Rises (Part 8 — On The Move Again)So, in 2011…I turned 40 years old. And for my fortieth birthday, my mother and I took a tip to Florida. This coincided with my nephew’s…Apr 24, 2019Apr 24, 2019
Angela BridgmaninTales of a Transgender TarheelThe Phoenix Rises (Part 7 — Crash and Burn)The internal war I had fought for twenty-five years had become externalized for the last six years…since I had come out, fully, in…Apr 20, 2019Apr 20, 2019
Angela BridgmaninTales of a Transgender TarheelThe Phoenix Rises (Part 6 — Rebirth)I moved to Austin, Texas in April of 2000. Because of the timing of this move, I was denied a vote in the Presidential Primary in 2000…Apr 18, 2019Apr 18, 2019
Angela BridgmanThe Phoenix Rises (Part 6 — Rebirth)I moved to Austin, Texas in April of 2000. Because of the timing of this move, I was denied a vote in the Presidential Primary in 2000…Apr 18, 2019Apr 18, 2019
Angela BridgmaninTales of a Transgender TarheelThe Phoenix Rises (Part 5, An Eventful Year)So, 1999 really got off to a very eventful start, what with the passage of Fairness in Louisville, a new job, a convention, and the death…Apr 18, 2019Apr 18, 2019
Angela BridgmaninTales of a Transgender TarheelThe Phoenix Rises (Part 4 — Loss and Grief)In 1998, I was denied a college education because I am transgender. I had gone to Sullivan College (now Sullivan University) — in…Apr 13, 2019Apr 13, 2019
Angela BridgmaninTales of a Transgender TarheelThe Phoenix Rises (Part 3 — Activism)I moved to Louisville, Kentucky in the summer of 1997. I am not clear on the exact date anymore, but I believe it was in mid-late June. My…Apr 10, 2019Apr 10, 2019
Angela BridgmaninTales of a Transgender TarheelThe Phoenix Rises (Part 2 — Stepping Out)So we are now up to my twenty third year. I had just survived my second and final suicide attempt, and my engagement to my fiancee, Kim…Apr 9, 2019Apr 9, 2019
