Kathryn McGuire

I have so often thought of you. I mostly knew you as Charlie but also Kathryn (before the operation) and I came to know that no matter who, Charlie or Kathryn, both really were one person. I know how much you loved your children. You were very gracious in all. You were very generous to me and I will miss the fact you are no longer here. You were one of the braveset souls I've known. Mary

We are so surprised to hear of Kathryn's passing. We knew her in the '70s as Charlie, worked together on a construction project for the Navy in Corpus Christi. We met his family at that time. Later while on a trip to Czech Republic in the '90s we looked her up and was entertained by the facinating story of her life.

Our condolences to her family.
Red and Janette Hallmark

I am deeply saddened by the news of Kathryn's passing. We first became friends in the early 90's after her transformation. We had dinner together; and, on another day, attended chapel, as she was a deeply spiritual person. When she moved to Prague, we corresponded, and my one regret is that I did not have a chance to visit her there. I will miss her bright smile and quick wit.

This news of Kathryn's death is hard to believe. When I knew her in the early 90's she was a force to contend with. Half horse, half alligator, at our first meeting she threatened to drive her six inch stiletto heel through my brain!

Despite a rough start Kathryn persuaded me to film her daily life during the time she was preparing for surgery to become a "new woman". Together we filmed at social events in Houston, a drag race, at her home with local transvestites and finally in...

Charles/Kathryn was a " regualar " on the Stevens and Pruett Radio show on KLOL back in the day. She was fascinating as she recanting in full her life as a man in the construction industry and her sexual reassignment. She fielded phone calls after phone calls from listeners each time she went on the air with us. So sorry to hear of her passing. She was a trail blazer.