VICCI Laine (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vicci Laine (born May 28, 1960 in Tacoma, Washington) is the stage name of an American transsexual stage performer, singer, HIV/Aids fundraiser and activist. Her first stage name was "Betty Blow Back," which she later changed to Vicci Laine. Laine was born Roger in Tacoma, Washington, as the oldest of 7 children, but grew up in and around Bedford, Indiana. As a child, she recalls believing she was a girl until her mother started making her wear boy's clothing when she started school. In 1978, Laine graduated high school from Bedford-North Lawrence High School and went to study business at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Vicci struggling with gender issues and to fit in, felt that a major university setting was not for her and dropped out to attend cosmetology school.