Melanie Davis:  

Have you pulled out the yearbook, flipped through the pages, and still been left wondering who this Melanie Davis is? Didn't care one way or the other? Whatever, you're here now, reading this bio so I'll spill it. I've changed my name from David Summers. Yes, holy crap! If you care to hear what happened, Read On. If you couldn't care less, Turn To Page 246. If you're wondering who David Summers was, you've smoked too much bud or you are in the wrong school. Still with me? Okay, here's the story so far: In the proverbial nutshell, I was born intersexed or "pseudo-hermaphroditic," which is a big way of saying "having both sex characteristics." Not as uncommon as you may think, 1 in every 2,000 babies are born like this for varying reasons and to varying degrees. Google it, if you're still fuzzy on the concept. My parents chose to raise me as a boy, and though I was sure that I wasn't from earliest memory, I came to feel that my belief was just insanity on my part. Hence the depression, weight, cutting, suicide attempt, and early fascination with Dead Can Dance - but I feel much better now. So the next question is: "What the heck are you then?" Well, some of you were headed in the right direction when you called me "f-ggot," but also very wrong. I prefer the term "Qu--r" now, but Intersexed fits well enough. Not being a man, and not finding much of interest in the male physique (I can hear all of those guys from the locker rooms sighing with relief), I am not technically a f-g, though f-gs are qu--r. It's like that geometry thing all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares. And I thought I'd never use that in real life. Having said that, I have always been leaning way more to the female side of being, maybe about 90 percent or so. The other 10 percent ranges from somewhat male to neutral which, while laden with privilege and fame, is still not the side I would choose for myself. That's the psychological part, the physical is closer to 50/50. Socially, I score at 0/0, but you all knew that. Now for the FAQ: "But you played football." Yeah, blame my mother, she always wanted to play and my dad had tried all else to make me a man. Sorry, dad. I really hated it as a whole, though I think that football and all sports should be open to all genders, why should the guys have the only real physical outlets? I did enjoy hurting people, but the getting hurt wasn't nearly so fun. "But we dated." Ha, ha! This one's only a joke. No we didn't. I was too messed up to date, and anyone who would have been that close would have found out about me. I did meet a woman in college (Millikin), and we were able to get married legally (though the law is still unclear regarding this). Update: we're separated, but haven't initiated divorce proceed...Expand for more