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Man Enough to Be a Woman

Written by: Jayne County, Rupert Smith
Narrated by: Jayne County
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Remember Wayne County and the Electric Chairs? Long before drag queens dominated the media, before gender-bending, before punk, even before Stonewall, there was Jayne County. From the 60s to the 90s she was the craziest, the most extreme queen ever to hit a rock 'n' roll stage. She's known and worked with Warhol, Bowie, and Derek Jarman, been an actress, a singer and a prostitute. She's the world's original rock 'n' roll trans star, crossing the genders in the full glare of publicity. Man Enough to Be a Woman is the wild, hilarious, and shameless account of Jayne's life from her cissy-boy childhood in Georgia to her 90s renaissance, as a new wave of superstars claim her as their inspiration.
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  • Ben
  • 2024-02-12

Jayne is Insayne Baby!

The lady, she read it herself. She tell the story so well. She is so raw and real you will enjoy this if you are the real deal yourself honey.

Jayne County had to walk so Laura Jane Grave could run. The original punk rock pioneer of unabashed gender bending puts it all out there in this gritty romp through growing up queer in the 1950’s in the south and the seedy underbelly of New York City through the 60’s and 70’s as Jayne takes the stage by storm. She’s man enough to be a woman and doesn’t try to hide the sleazy past she carved through the music scene as an outcast even in the punk rock scene.

if you don't believe it honey, ask Handsome Dick Manitoba!

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