Kathryn Leigh McGuire (November 26, 1941 – February 2, 2011) was an activist, businessperson and socialite in Houston. She was the first out and open transgender person to run for city council in Houston. [1]
McGuire was born Charles Royce McGuire Jr. in 1941 in Corpus Christi, Texas. [2] Around the age of 21 she married, eventually moving to Houston and starting a construction company. [2] After an investigation into her construction company, [3] she divorced and began her transition by taking female hormone pills and having minor facial surgery. She had gender reassignment surgery in London in 1992, and later moved to Prague. [4]
In 1989, as Charles R. MaGuire, she ran unsuccessfully for the City Council of Houston as a self-described transvestite. [5] [6] During this campaign the American television program A Current Affair ran a segment on McGuire and the contradictions and difficulties she had as a "cross-dressing" candidate. [6] Her transition was filmed for a PBS documentary. The Last Days of Charles/Kathryn McGuire. [7] [8] Her son, James, wrote a play about her, Daddy Kathryn, which ran at the theater HERE in New York. [9] [10]
McGuire was regularly featured in Houston newspapers and magazines. She died in 2011. [2]
houston city council election 1989 McGuire.
Kathryn Leigh McGuire (November 26, 1941 – February 2, 2011) was an activist, businessperson and socialite in Houston. She was the first out and open transgender person to run for city council in Houston. [1]
McGuire was born Charles Royce McGuire Jr. in 1941 in Corpus Christi, Texas. [2] Around the age of 21 she married, eventually moving to Houston and starting a construction company. [2] After an investigation into her construction company, [3] she divorced and began her transition by taking female hormone pills and having minor facial surgery. She had gender reassignment surgery in London in 1992, and later moved to Prague. [4]
In 1989, as Charles R. MaGuire, she ran unsuccessfully for the City Council of Houston as a self-described transvestite. [5] [6] During this campaign the American television program A Current Affair ran a segment on McGuire and the contradictions and difficulties she had as a "cross-dressing" candidate. [6] Her transition was filmed for a PBS documentary. The Last Days of Charles/Kathryn McGuire. [7] [8] Her son, James, wrote a play about her, Daddy Kathryn, which ran at the theater HERE in New York. [9] [10]
McGuire was regularly featured in Houston newspapers and magazines. She died in 2011. [2]
houston city council election 1989 McGuire.