A new lane for Pima’s Xavier Dorroh
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MONTY GANTT
Xavier Dorroh was born a woman 20 years ago. She grew up with the anatomical and genetic makeup of a woman.
The pronouns people used when people referred to Dorroh were “she” and “her.”
However, on March 28, Dorroh made the difficult decision to share through social media that they’re transitioning from female to male.
Dorroh was previously known to friends, family and the Pima community as Brianna Pitre, a woman from Tucson who played basketball at Sabino High School, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and most recently Pima Community College.
Every part of that description was always correct for Brianna, except for one thing: She always felt like a he.
“It was always kind of in my mind that I wished I was a boy but I always put those fee...