The Transitioning of Lester Cook Part II

Jay Michaels
4 min readJul 12, 2023

We hear about “transitioning” these days and immediately think about the physical aspect. Lester Cook went through that — since this incident — completely. But his job wasn’t finished. Now it’s time for the mind to transition.

In a follow-up to the article about the incident on the train, Lester has had several years to consider his life then; his life now; and his mindset then and now.

We get prejudicial when considering the trans-community. Some of us are open-minded and supportive and some consider it unnatural. But when you dig…

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Jay Michaels

Prof. Jay Michaels lectures on communications & media culture nationwide. He is executive director of Channel I — an indie theater & film network of programs.