Siobhan Meow

Siobhan (pronounced Sha-Vhan) Meow is a transgender or transsexual person who appeared on The Howard Stern Show and has been considered a member of The Wack Pack. She was born male in Brooklyn in 1956, attended schools in New York and Pennsylvania, and married in 1978.
Biography
Siobhan is a cat rescuer and veterinary assistant who resides in the lower East Village (Loisaida). She is one of the founders of the Umbrella House Squat, one of the few squatting groups that was able to convert an abandoned apartment building to low-income rent-controlled use following a series of renovations that brought the building up to city code. The court case of Umbrella House Squat was resolved through a legal means called adverse possession. Siobhan's "Furry Love Kitten Kat Farm" rescue/foster care organization occupies a tenancy on the top floor of the building.
Siobhan's feline rescue serves as a hospice and shelter-of-last-resort for unwanted or 'unadoptable' felines. In addition, the Kat Farm, as it is also known, provides board and care, and is listed as an adoption agency on Petfinder.com. Siobhan's income comes from providing feline support services including petsitting, routine hygiene for cats, and supervised non-veterinary medical support (e.g., diabetes management, and infection and wound care.)
She holds a B.A. in fine arts from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania and had attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, during the 1970s. Siobhan uses classical painting methods, mixed-media, and sculpture to depict many aspects of feline life and takes commissions for such work.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Siobhan appeared variously in male or transgender female forms. She organized a music troupe called "Pep Girlz", produced by Paul Kostabi, that performed in local venues. The band produced one CD in 1997, titled "Down 'n Dirty".
Siobhan completed the medical transition from male to female in 2002 after identifying and residing as a woman for several years. Since 2002, she has continued painting and has used mixed-media to express feline forms in her art.

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