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Biography

Addams was born and raised as a boy in Nashville, Tennessee in a strict Christian fundamentalist household. Addams enlisted in the United States Navy as a teenager and served four years as a field medical combat specialist. She was stationed first in the Middle East during the Gulf War and later at Adak, Alaska. Nickname: Music City Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 Government  - Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area  - City  526. ... Fundamentalist Christianity, or Christian fundamentalism, is a movement that arose mainly within British and American Protestantism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by conservative evangelical Christians, who, in a reaction to modernism, actively affirmed a fundamental set of Christian beliefs: the inerrancy of the Bible, the virgin birth... The United States Navy, also known as the USN or the U.S. Navy, is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Combatants UN Coalition Republic of Iraq Commanders Norman Schwarzkopf, Peter de la Billière, Khalid bin Sultan, Saleh Al-Muhaya, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi Saddam Hussein Strength 883,863 360,000 Casualties 378 dead, 1,000 wounded 25,000 dead, 75,000 wounded The Gulf War or the Persian Gulf War... Adak is a census-designated place located in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska. ...

Afterward, Addams returned to Nashville and began performing in a drag burlesque revue. She also began to compete in pageants for drag performers. During that time she also began to live full-time as a woman. Having played fiddle since childhood, she played fiddle in various celtic and traditional music bands, some of which was published on compact disc. Traditional Music is a quasi-synonym for folk music. ...

Film

The 2003 film Soldier's Girl is based on a tragic event in Addams' life. In 1999, Calpernia Addams began dating an Army private named Barry Winchell who was training at the nearby military base in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Winchell was harassed by fellow soldiers when rumors of his amorous relationship with Calpernia Addams began to circulate around the army base. Soldiers Girl is a 2003 dramatic film produced by Showtime. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Barry Winchell (31 August 1977—6 July 1999) was a soldier in the United States Army, whose murder by fellow soldiers became a point of reference in the ongoing debate about the Dont Ask, Dont Tell policy enforced by the military regarding sexual orientation. ...

After various soldiers taunted and pressured Winchell about his relationship with Addams, two soldiers conspired, and one of them murdered Winchell in his sleep on the Fourth of July, 1999. Private Calvin Glover pled guilty to murdering Barry Winchell. These fireworks over the Washington Monument are typical of Fourth of July celebrations In the United States, Independence Day, also called the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday celebrating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. ...

Winchell was apparently murdered because Glover and fellow soldier Specialist Justin R. Fisher detested Winchell's romantic relationship with Calpernia Addams. Glover was court-martialed and sentenced to life in prison. Fisher reached a plea agreement on lesser military charges and was sentenced to fifteen years in prison.

Addams was thrown into the national spotlight after Barry Winchell was murdered. Some political groups attempted to make his murder an issue about the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding sexual orientation. However, both Winchell and Addams appear to have considered their relationship heterosexual. LGBT rights Around the world · By country History · Groups · Activists Declaration of Montreal Same-sex relationships Marriage · Adoption Opposition · Persecution Violence This box:      Dont ask, dont tell is the common term for the U.S. military policy which implements Pub. ... Sexual orientation describes the direction of an individuals sexuality, often in relation to their own sex or gender. ...

The New York Times article title 'Inconvenient Woman' refers to the manner in which some political groups attempted to portray the relationship between Calpernia Addams and Barry Winchell as "homosexual", so they could exploit Winchell's murder in order to protest U.S. military policies.

In the Times article, Calpernia Addams said of the affair:

"I do feel like I was an awkward element for everybody involved. I didn't want to be anybody's anything, really, except Barry's girlfriend. And that was already taken away from me."^[1]

Career

The media scrutiny Addams endured because of her romantic relationship with Barry Winchell convinced her to become an activist for more positive portrayals of transsexual women. The irony of Winchell's murder is that the consequent media and political sensation and exploitation gave Calpernia Addams celebrity and provided opportunities for her to pursue a media related career.

In 2002, after briefly living and working in Chicago, Addams moved to Los Angeles, California (Hollywood). During the same year she also received vaginoplasty surgery. She and her friend Andrea James, who she met in Chicago and is also a well known activist, co-founded Deep Stealth Productions. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... ... A vaginoplasty is any surgical operation with the aim of correcting structural defects in the vagina or even to construct or reconstruct it. ... Andrea James (born January 16, 1967), (), is an American transsexual woman, film producer, screenwriter, actress, LGBT rights activist, and consumer activist. ... Deep Stealth Productions is a company founded by Calpernia Addams and Andrea James. ...

The media production company is devoted to the creation of educational materials for transsexual women. Deep Stealth Productions also engages in general cinema production, activism for positive and accurate portrayals of transsexual women and men in cinema, television, and other media.

Addams is also an actress, who has garnered some small roles and consulting engagements in various mainstream films and television. She was a script consultant for the 2005 film Transamerica and also appeared in a small role in the film, playing the fiddle. Addams has also been honored with various awards for her activist work, toward eliminating violence and discrimination against the LGBT population. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Transamerica Corporation is an insurance and investment company in the United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Her 2002 autobiographical book, Mark 947, was excerpted for an anthology of notable transsexual autobiographies in 2005. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

References

1. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902E5DB1E3AF93BA15756C0A9669C8B63&sec=health&spon=&pagewanted=1

• Calpernia Addams, Mark 947: A Life Shaped by God, Gender, and Force of Will (Writers Club Press, 2002). ISBN 0-595-26376-3
• Jonathan Ames (ed.), Sexual Metamorphosis: An Anthology of Transsexual Memoirs (Vintage, 2005). ISBN 1-4000-3014-5
• David France, "An Inconvenient Woman," New York Times Magazine, 28 May 2000, page 24 ff.

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Bibliography

• Calpernia Addams, Mark 947: A Life Shaped by God, Gender, and Force of Will (Writers Club Press, 2002). ISBN 0-595-26376-3

External links

• Calpernia Addams on Internet Movie Database
• Calpernia Addams website