In her new memoir "My Brother, My Sister," film critic Molly Haskell chronicles her brother's transformation from male to female. Pictured here: Ellen Hampton, formerly John "Chevey" Haskell.
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In her new memoir "My Brother, My Sister," film critic Molly Haskell chronicles her brother's transformation from male to female. Pictured here: Ellen Hampton, formerly John "Chevey" Haskell.
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1948: Chevey, 3, and Molly, 8, in the garden of their house on Pocahontas Avenue.
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1948: Chevey, 3, and Molly, 8, in the garden of their house on Pocahontas Avenue.
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1950: Chevey in full cowboy regalia at the Haskells' home in the country outside Richmond, Virginia.
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1950: Chevey in full cowboy regalia at the Haskells' home in the country outside Richmond, Virginia.
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1958: Mary Haskell, 49, with her son, Chevey, 13, at a debutante ball.
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1958: Mary Haskell, 49, with her son, Chevey, 13, at a debutante ball.
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1968: Molly and Chevey at a wedding.
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1968: Molly and Chevey at a wedding.
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1992: Chevey and Molly at The Tuckahoe Apartments, where their mother lived during her final years.
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1992: Chevey and Molly at The Tuckahoe Apartments, where their mother lived during her final years.
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2011: Ellen on a sailboat off the coast of Key West, Florida.
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2011: Ellen on a sailboat off the coast of Key West, Florida.
Courtesy Molly Haskell