Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakatuwheratia he kura whakaoti mo nga wahine whakawhiti - e tuku ana i nga kaiuru ki te arahi me pehea te neke, te kakahu me te korero ano he wahine. Ko Le Femme, i New Jersey, e tuku whakangungu ana ki te hunga kua whai - kei te whai ranei - i nga mahi whakarereke ira tangata, i nga cross-dressers ranei hei awhina i a raatau ki te huri mai i te tane ki te wahine. I hangaia te kura e Ellen Weirich, nāna i whakatapua tōna oranga ki te āwhina i ngā wāhine 'trans' kia noho haumaru, kia noho pai hoki ki roto i tō rātou kiri. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. I hangaia e Ellen Weirich (roto) te kura whakaoti 'Le Femme' i reira ia e awhina ana i nga waahine transgender kia nui ake te wahine. Kei te whakaahua: (L-R) Allison Hannigan, Ally Maguire, Ellen, Antoinette Dickinson me Denise Smith. Ko te whāinga o te kura whakaoti ko te āwhina i ngā kaitiaki me te hunga whakawhiti ki te tango i te hau me te ahuareka o te wahine, i konei ka hoatu e Ellen he tohutohu mo te whakapai ake i te tuunga. Kei roto i te kaupapa ako, e arahina ana e 'Lady Ellen' ngā akoranga e pā ana ki te āhua o te haere i runga i ngā waewae tiketike, ki te āhua o te kōrero pēnei i te wahine, ki te āhua o te kākahu i runga i te āhua o te tinana, me te āhua o te hanga i tētahi kākahu whakahirahira. Ko ētahi atu ratonga ko te whakarerekētanga katoa o te tāne ki te wahine - ā, he maha nga wāhine e haere ana ki waho hei rōpū hei whakamātau i to rātau ahua hou me ō rātau pūkenga. Ko Ellen, he whaea tokotoru, e utu ana i te $44 (£30) ki te $400 (£270) ia hui, kua awhina i te hapori whakawhiti mo nga tau tekau. I awhina ia i tana wahine whakawhiti tuatahi i te kura tuarua i muri i te whakawhirinaki a tetahi hoa tane kei a ia nga take tuakiri ira tangata. Ka tū te kura whakaoti i te whare o Ellen, kei reira he kohinga nui o nga peariki, te whakapaipai me nga kakahu ka taea e ona kaihoko te uru atu. I whakaahuatia: Ko Antoinette, e tohu ana i te ira takirua, i mua me muri i te hurihanga. Ko Allison Hannigan (i te pikitia) he wahine e tino tautoko ana i a ia, a kua tae atu ia ki a Ellen mo te tau. I tīmata a Ellen ki te āwhina i ngā wāhine whakawhiti i te kura tuarua i te wā i whakawhirinaki atu tētahi hoa ki a ia mō ngā take tuakiri ira tangata. Kei konei ia e āwhina ana i a Antoinette ki te whakamahi i te whakapaipai. I haere a Ellen ki te marena me te whai tamariki tokotoru, katahi i te tau 2005 ka...
I whakatuwherahia e Ellen Weirich tana kura US i muri i tana angitu ki te awhina i tetahi hoa. I tēnei wā ka āwhina a Le Femme i ngā tāngata whakawhiti ira tangata me ngā tāngata whakawhiti ira tangata. E whakaakona ana ngā wāhine ki ngā āhuatanga me ngā ahuareka e hiahiatia ana kia nui ake ai te wahine. I whakaakona hoki ki te hipoki i te tarutaru me te waihanga i tētahi kākano whakamīharo.