It is an odd thing as a journalist to find yourself given the cold shoulder by someone who let cameras from a world wide cable newschannel film her mammogram and sex change operation. But Susan Stanton did not return repeated phone calls and emails seeking comment on the documentary CNN created about her metamorphosis from Steven to Susan Stanton -- a film assembled after the newschannel's cameras followed her for two years. Turns out, there's not much new in Her Name was Steven that regular readers to the St. Petersburg Times wouldn't already know. That’s because Stanton, whose decision to change gender while serving as Largo city manager was revealed by the Times in 2007, has already talked a lot about the process – holding a press conference, appearing on Larry King Live and allowing the newspaper to take some of the first public pictures of him in women’s clothing as he began his transition. A CNN producer said the decision to screen the movie at film festivals across the country delayed scheduling the documentary which airs Saturday and March 14 at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. One thing is certain; no matter how many words you’ve read about Stanton, there...
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