Missy's Macho Makeover: FOR A SELF-DESCRIBED 'TRANSY LITTLE JEWISH BUTCH DYKE' GROWING UP IN SKOKIE, ILLINOIS, IN THE 1980S, THE NAME MELISSA SHIMKOVITZ WAS 'A LOT TO OVERCOME'

Mel Shimkovitz, 42, Highland Park, television writer It's impossible to know if cutting her own hair short at age five was her first act of protection, self-liberation, or craftsmanship, but [...]