Boston Globe 11/22/16: Hello, old classmates! Meet my new gender. Ah, Thanksgiving. A time for family, pumpkin pie and the angst that comes with attending the inevitable 10-year high school reunion. Insecurities around such an event usually involve weight gain, hair loss, or lackluster career stats — not a gender change. Back in 1997, when I attended mine, there was no Transgender Awareness Month. People weren’t even aware “transgender” was even a word, much less a social issue.

Chris Edwards, author of the memoir “Balls: It Takes Some to Get Some.”