Fem Firm 2 -The Weathergirl

I, of course, didn't let on about Shannon, but couldn't wait for the news
that night.



The broadcast when smooth as silk and when Shannon was doing the weather
she acted like nothing was out of the ordinary. She did her report, as
usual, at the end of the broadcast and then she said she had an
announcement to make. ( I recorded it so I could quote her exactly)

"If my colleagues will indulge me for a minute, I'd like to make an
announcement of a personal nature."

They just looked and stared. Pete Carson the anchor who's as unflappable
as they come seemed intrigued and Marjorie Martin was somewhat taken
aback. Shannon continued.

"During the past few weeks , I've been dealing with a personal problem
that came to a head this weekend and has prompted me to reveal something
about myself that will probably come as a shock to most of you."

She paused and took a deep breath.

"I'm really a man," she said calmly.

The camera went to the rest of the crew who were shocked to say the least.

"Technically, I'm a pre-operative transsexual. Meaning, I'm a man living
as a woman. I want everyone to know that this is not a publicity stunt by
the station, who had no knowledge of this and who are quite probably
going to fire me over it but getting the truth out is something I have to
do. Not only for me but I hope to be an inspiration to all of my sisters
out there being abused and humiliated trying to hide behind something
they're not. I was being blackmailed by someone who knew my secret and in
order to squelch him and others who may want to try the same thing. I'm
sorry for the deception and beg forgiveness from my fans. But this was
something I had to do. I'm very, very sorry."

At that point, she put her head down in the news desk and began to sob. To
her credit Marjorie took Shannon in her arms and consoled her while Pete
also with a very sad look on his face, signed off for the night.