Storytelling: Inside out: Transgender stories: Transgender in Oregon

{quote}I have everything reassigned for gender all the way down to my birth certificate,{quote} says Sophia Stanford, 37, of Portland, a transgender woman covered by the Oregon Health Plan. {quote}I’m not trying to be in the middle of the spectrum. I want to be treated as much of a female as I am.{quote}Kristyna Wentz-Graff / Staff
Transgender in Oregon

"I have everything reassigned for gender all the way down to my birth certificate," says Sophia Stanford, 37, of Portland, a transgender woman covered by the Oregon Health Plan. "I’m not trying to be in the middle of the spectrum. I want to be treated as much of a female as I am."

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / Staff