SAN DIEGO — For years, Mary Ann Horton's work as a transgender advocate has included leading workshops where she advises employers on how to make workplaces more inclusive and accessible. In sharing the story of her own transition, people were always telling her they wanted to hear more. With the release of her debut memoir last month, "Trailblazer: Lighting the Path for Transgender Equality in Corporate America," they can.
"Now that I'm retired, I have time to tell it properly," she says. "'Trailblazer' is the story of my life becoming a trans woman."
The first chapter of her book was selected as one of nine winners in the International Memoir Writers Association's annual San Diego Memoir Showcase, where it will be performed at 7 p.m. Dec. 8 at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla. The event matches writers with local writing coaches and hires professional actors and directors perform the stories. The winners, along with 25 honorable mention stories, will be included in the sixth volume of the San Diego Memoir Showcase anthology, "Shaking the Tree: Brazen. Short. Memoir." in 2024.
