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By Lauren Robinson<\/strong>
\nMedill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n

Stefanie Clark describes her regular stints volunteering at the Art Institute of Chicago as a way she can give back to the community that kept her moving forward during a tumultuous time in her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is one of my things I look forward to the most,\u201d said Clark, 75, her gray hair swept into a small bun as she greets people at the doors of the museum. Indeed, the former financier, whose business card and email signature bear her self-ascribed moniker \u201cRenaissance Woman,\u201d wears many hats.
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\nAfter receiving a 2015 inheritance from her stepfather, Clark set out to immerse herself within her community and to help lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.<\/p>\n

This renewed sense of purpose came just a few years after she came out to her family as a transgender woman at the age of 68 following the death of her wife in 2011.<\/p>\n

The disclosure was liberating, putting an end to years of cross-dressing in private while maintaining public roles as a husband and father, Clark said. But it also led to years of despondence. It took some time for her three children, all in their 40s and 50s, to come around to \u201cStefanie\u201d \u2014 especially her son, Peter.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy son definitely had problems with Stefanie and \u2018Dad,\u2019\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n

The inheritance and Clark\u2019s financial independence allowed her to redefine her existence. In addition to taking up volunteer posts and speaking engagements, she was able to invest in a 13th-floor North Side condominium overlooking Lake Michigan \u2014 \u201cStefanie\u2019s Riviera,\u201d she calls it.<\/p>\n

In addition to volunteering at the Art Institute, she gives regular talks at area colleges, nursing homes and other organizations. She also recently became involved with SAGE USA, where she plans to help lobby on behalf of LGBT elders.<\/p>\n

In her little remaining free time, she attends at least a dozen events each month as a member of the Village Chicago, an organization that arranges speeches, seminars and other gatherings for adults over the age of 50.<\/p>\n

\u201cI walk into these rooms a lot of times not knowing what the topic is and prepared to walk out if I\u2019m not learning something,\u201d said Clark, a wry smile flashing across her face. \u201cYou know what the word on my tombstone is? \u2018Next.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Renee James, a Chicago-area author, said Clark didn\u2019t seem as self-assured when the two met, before Clark came out to her family.<\/p>\n

James said her own personality isn\u2019t particularly \u201cbubbly,\u201d and when she and Clark went to dinner together after seeing a play at the Raven Theater, Clark was friendly but not especially talkative.<\/p>\n

After Clark came out, however, \u201cher personality had just completely changed,\u201d said James, 72.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was so outgoing \u2014 so full of life and enthusiastic about everything. And that\u2019s really when we started to bond, because I found her enthusiasm infectious,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n

James, who uses a pen name and says she lives in two genders, commended Clark for her generosity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have come to admire her,\u00a0 to really appreciate this kind of second life she\u2019s living,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n

Clark is project-oriented and often works on sharing her story across many platforms. Earlier this year, she worked on a rendition of her story with Susan Lieberman, creator of the Stories in the Spotlight series at the Center on Addison, a senior facility for the LGBT-friendly Center on Halsted.<\/p>\n

Clark saw her story come to life as part of the series\u2019 \u201cTransgender Journeys,\u201d a performance which ran for one wintry February night at the Center on Halsted.<\/p>\n

Lieberman said Clark helped to push that show toward fruition. It required six weeks of workshopping personal anecdotes written by seven transgender women, whose stories were then performed by two professional actors.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt takes [the stories] to other dimensions,\u201d Lieberman said of the medium.<\/p>\n

She said the themes explored in the show included exclusion and loneliness but also love. The mix of emotions are \u201ctypical of LGBT elders because they had a life before you could walk down Boystown and hold your partner\u2019s hand.\u201d<\/p>\n

For her Stories in the Spotlight segment, Clark focused on her relationship with her son.<\/p>\n

About four months after the Stories in the Spotlight show, Clark received a Father\u2019s Day card in the mail \u2014 but \u201caddressed to Stefanie,\u201d Clark pointed out as she shared the pink and orange card with me.<\/p>\n

The card includes a generic Father\u2019s Day message on the inside. Beneath that, Peter Clark writes, \u201cYou are my father, and I want to recognize you for all you have done for me and my family. I love you!\u201d<\/p>\n

Stefanie Clark was silent for several seconds, then explained that she usually cries when she tells this story.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not done yet,\u201d she said of the reconciliation. \u201cBut at least\u2026\u201d and her voice trails off.<\/p>\n

Photo at top: Stefanie Clark, a transgender woman who came out just seven years ago, at 68, volunteers as a greeter at the Art Institute of Chicago on a recent Saturday. (Lauren Robinson\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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