Mayor Pat???
Posted on 02/21/2007 6:39:00 PM PST by PPHSFL
The mayor at his side, longtime Largo City Manager Steve Stanton disclosed to the St. Petersburg Times on Wednesday he is undergoing hormone therapy and counseling in preparation for a sex-change operation.
Through the process, which could take well over a year, Stanton plans to remain as the chief executive of this city of 76,000. He has the support of Mayor Pat Gerard, who was elected last March.
“He’s a dedicated city manager and puts his job first,” she said.
Stanton, 48, said he eventually will change his name to Susan, the name his late mother would have given him if he had been a girl.
Married with a teenaged son, Stanton said he has thought of becoming a woman since childhood. In recent years, he said he has gone to clubs, the symphony and the grocery store as a woman, but only in places like Orlando, Jacksonville and Atlanta.
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Its a bit like taking out a hemi and installing a Briggs and Stratton engine.
No, he'll still be a dysfunctional man. After the operation, he'll just look a bit different, and have less money.
A He who wants to be a She has surgery to become a She and becomes an It.
This kind of sickness always does.
Has he asked his wife if she wanted to be a Lesbian yet?
Controlling the story is part of how this will impact his son. I don't have a lot of sympathy for the guy for not letting his wife know about this before she married him, but I'm sure he's trying to minimize the impact on his family.
Hopefully she'll say no and serve him with divorce papers.
Obviously his son will be very upset about the loss of his father, but he doesn't care(people who are this screwed up in the head never do.)
Unless Largo tax dollars are paying for it. Any bets?
There is no such thing as sex change. It is an illusion.
Sounds like he's crossing himself...
I can't imagine trying to be a city manager while getting hormone shots. I wouldn't put anyone with serious issues like this in charge of anything concerning me.
While I agree that people who are screwed up in the head are totally self-absorbed (especially suicidally depressed people in my experience), it is not like the guy is dying. He/she/it will still be there for his son, and presumably be able to offer a unique (not necessarily valuable) perspective on life. I think the selfishness is primarily in getting married and having a child when you are in that position, not in going ahead with the sex change. I mean, regardless of whether or not he gets the sex change, his issues will still be there.
Exactly.
The shrinks call it pathological narcissism.
"Private Business" usually does not include a Press Conference.
ACLU...lawsuit...reinstatement....with back pay and damages. Remember,you heard it here first.
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