Monthly News Clip Contest

Monthly News Clip Contest

1st Place Feature/Multiple Picture: “Becoming Cynthia”
Corey Perrine/The (Nashua) Telegraph
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Cynthia receives a complimentary shot of hairspray from Cindy Poulin at Spider Bite salon in Manchester. Since 2006, Cynthia has lived full time as a woman. She has come out to her friends, family and co-workers. However, she still needs that one operation to make it offical. Known as John Jay Tebbets growing up in Manchester, John would buy women's clothing, dress up in secret, then realized something was different, he didn’t want to be a boy anymore. Almost 40, he spiraled into a depression pushing him to the brink of suicide. That scare forced him to throw a light on a secret he’d been keeping even from himself: in order to live, and to be happy, John Jay would need to change. After a few years of saving the $20,000 necessary for the surgery, Cynthia's change would come.


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R1 regional point tally

(year to date; the top 10 places are shown, plus ties)

830
Corey Perrine/The Telegraph
654
Peter Pereira/Standard Times
434
James Patterson/Valley News
334
Jason Johns/Valley News
290
Ross Taylor
288
Jesse Neider/Connecticut Post
274
Kenneth McGagh/Metro West Daily News
260
KATE COLLINS/Bangor Daily News
242
Michael Adaskaveg/Boston Herald
230
Avital Greener/Norwich Bulletin