On stage wearing a vinyl corset and stiletto boots shes Venus lead singer of the glam rock band All The Pretty Horses At home in Minneapolis with Lynette her wife of twenty years shes Steve Born male Venus is transgender Shes in between taking female hormones but not planning to have sexual reassignment surgery To some shes a pioneer courageously exploring a brave new world of gender identity free of categorization To others shes a freak VENUS OF MARS is both the unique coming out story of Venus genderredefining journey and the truly contemporary love story of a couple weathering dramatic changes in uncharted relationship territory