"Elvira isn't her real name, but that's what she asked me to call her. She chose it after Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. "That woman never said sorry for bein' herself," she told me. "That's kinda what I'm on." She's tall - about six-foot-one - with dirty blonde hair that's usually tied back in a ponytail. Her lipstick, always slightly smudged, is a deep, Courtney Love red."
"She speaks slowly, weighing her words as she goes. The night I texted to tell her I forgot about the interview I'd planned to do, she simply replied, "Come eat. I made too much." I threw on a hoodie and walked the five blocks to her house. Elvira lives a few streets over in Dallas. We met years ago, before her transition, back when she liked to start political arguments just to keep conversations lively."
Elvira isn't her real name; she chose it after Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. She models unapologetic authenticity and often refuses to hide. She is tall with dirty blonde hair, slightly smudged deep red lipstick, and acknowledges that people can tell she is transgender. She speaks slowly and weighs her words. When a planned interview was missed, she replied, "Come eat. I made too much," and a guest walked five blocks to her house. She lives in Dallas, served six years in the military, had a marriage and a child before transitioning, and now raises her ten-year-old, Iggy, in a noisy, ordinary household.
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