1978: Transgender = Cross-Sex

In the play he has chosen to explore his theory, a 60-year-old woman pursues a 16-year-old boy. His “transgender realization” of Oscar Wilde’s Salome will be performed for the next two weekends at Star Systems Loft, 24 Thayer St. in Boston (357-9727). With roles reversed, Salome is male, King Herod s female and Herodias a male.


Salome & all that jazz: old story with a twist
Bourne, Kay. Bay State Banner (1965-1979) [Boston, Mass] 12, October 1978: 13.