its place on america's frontier, texas has built itself into a cosmopolitan center of the world. >> i grew up here in dallas. >> okay. >> dallas is home. i remember we would go to places like nieman marcus downtown, and they had these separate entrances for black people. but i had wonderful parents. so my childhood was great here. >> g-momma, a role model for the community nationwide, an activist and a joy to be around. >> back in my earlier years, i knew that i was not the person that i was born question net ic -- genetically. i began my transition in '64.