She has said many times that just because she is transgender, it doesn't mean she isn't able to do everything single thing she's ever wanted to do, even when people told her no. She has been a driving force in the transgender community for almost 30 years, and it doesn't appear she will stop anytime soon.
She was raised in Hurley, Wisconsin in a strict Catholic family. She left home after she graduated high school in 1987. She took a Greyhound Bus to San Antonio, Texas where she would live the first six months before moving on to Albuquerque, New Mexico which she has often referred to in interviews as "her real home."
She didn't actually become "Meghan Chavalier" until 1991 when she did her first stage shows in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, then performing under the name Meghan Crawford.
The Crawford part of the name was soon dropped and she chose the last name Chavalier from Maurice Chevelier, but changed the spelling of the last name to make the name stand out. The name has been misspelled many times over the years, but she still remains Meghan Chavalier with A's instead of E's. She has said, "It doesn't matter how they spell my name as long as they know how to pronounce it.""
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