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Christine D. Beatty

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Christine D. Beatty is a writer and producer, known for Poker Queens (2020), Radio Wars (2012) and Myrna (2015).

A San Francisco Bay Area native, Beatty's diverse and dramatic life experience includes being an honorably discharged veteran, a transgender woman, a former sexworker and recovered addict, a print journalist, author, working musician, screenwriter, producer and software engineer. In addition to a degree in Computer Science, she earned a certificate in screenwriting from UCLA and a degree in Cinema Arts from LA Valley College. In 2011 she helped produce the award-winning documentary Radio Wars (2012). While in film school, she was a co-executive producer of the TV pilot Myrna (2015). In 2019 she produced the documentary Poker Queens (2020) about female poker champions.
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Before college, marriage and her transition, Beatty received an honorably discharge from the United States Air Force (1977-81) as an aircraft avionics and electronics technician near Phoenix, AZ.
She earned an honors degree in Computer Science in 1985 but discrimination kept her from finding work. Since 1989 she has worked as a programmer and software engineer.
In 2016 Beatty won the RSE Adapted Screenplay competition for her Action/Sci-Fi adaptation of the William Gibson 1993 bestseller Virtual Light.
Beatty co-founded the progressive hard rock band Glamazon in San Francisco in 1994. She was the lead singer and rhythm guitar player who wrote all the lyrics and co-wrote the music. The band toured in California and recorded one CD before Beatty left the band to devote her time to writing in 2002.

While I am not particularly religious, I am thankful to God(dess) for everything in my life, including all of the difficulties and challenges I have faced. They defined me and helped make me the woman I am today."

"After four years in the US Air Force and two years of engagement/marriage, I concluded I was a woman trapped in a male body. I knew I couldn't change who I was, so I resolved to act on it."

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