New in the Phoenix: Is a sex change news?

In which I argue that the more sober treatments of Aiden Quinn's trans status were entirely appropriate, despite some of the more absurd and incendiary commentary they engendered.

Also, a correction--in the piece, I refer to Michele McPhee's FOIA request to the MBTA. As a sharp-eyed reader quickly noted, McPhee actually made a request under the Mass. Public Records Law, the state corollary to the federal Freedom of Information Act.