SAVANNAH, Ga. — For Nikolas Indigo, the road to freedom was lined with warnings against a life of sin. Neither the road nor the message was a metaphor. Along nearly 250 miles of highway from Savannah to Atlanta, billboards preached: “turn from sin,” “Jesus is the way,” “repent.”
It’s a common pilgrimage for transgender people, who often need to travel for affirming procedures. Indigo, 25, made appointments with four different surgeons before he was finally able to get masculinizing chest surgery in Atlanta in September. Despite Savannah’s reputation for being young, hip, and at least a little queer, few local physicians perform the basic procedure.
