{"id":6085,"date":"2016-07-07T20:02:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T04:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsincerity.wpengine.com\/?p=229"},"modified":"2023-05-22T06:17:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T06:17:43","slug":"a-judge-that-had-qualms-with-the-law-phillis-frye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/a-judge-that-had-qualms-with-the-law-phillis-frye\/","title":{"rendered":"First Transgender Judge In Texas History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Phillis Frye is a highly respected judge, and also the first transgendered judge in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s been the first person to do a lot of things \u2013 like spearhead the repeal of Houston\u2019s anti-crossdressing law in 1980&nbsp;and insist on using the women\u2019s bathroom at her university (now a hauntingly familiar conversation).<\/p>\n<p>After publicly assuming her chosen gender in 1976 at the age of 28, she dealt with the ensuing discrimination with a resolute spirit and a dash of dry humor.<\/p>\n<p>To her outraged family she wrote, \u201cI love you all. Don\u2019t trade my balls for my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/88945075&amp;color=ff5500\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After living a double life \u2013 venturing out at night as a women \u2013 it was actually her second wife, Trish, who convinced her to finally live full-time as a woman.&nbsp;From that moment on, she became a devoted trans-rights activist.She put the T in LGBTQ, insisting they were all companions in the struggle for acceptance. Her chutzpah really became the unifying mortar for the growth of the movement.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about Caitlyn Jenner\u2019s big reveal, she said, \u201cI keep wondering what took her so long \u2026 she could have done a lot of good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frye keeps up with that good-doing, vying for trans-rights in her private law practice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3464\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3464\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3464\" src=\"https:\/\/newsincerity.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/xxphyllis7-superJumbo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"878\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: A young Phyllis Frye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phillis Frye is a highly respected judge, and also the first transgendered judge in Texas. 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