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Learn more about coaching with Maia"You're always evolving but at some point you have to discover your true essence, who you are. I’m Maureen and I'm a surfer and that's who I have always been.And for most of us as older transitioners, who’ve been through what we've been through, we don't want to see younger kids struggle the way we did. We want to allow the younger trans population to experience themselves early. But for most of us older transitioners, it’s, you reach a point where it's transition or die."~ Maureen McNamara













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Maureen McNamara’s article about being a trans surfer in The Inertia
Maureen McNamara’s Instagram
One of Maureen’s surf style heroes: Leah Dawson
The first mainstream surf documentary: The Endless Summer
A brief article in The Inertia putting The Endless Summer in historical context
Britannica entry on Tiresias
Resources for transgender youth
Resources for parents of transgender children
Find an LGBT supportive therapist
if ( typeof UNCODE !== "undefined" ) { UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById("script-992698")); }A Few of Maureen's Photos