Sylvie Oliveira, a Brazilian who said she was born a male, and who lives with her lesbian partner and was once called a ‘girl trapped in a boy’s body.’ I was so happy when I came out to my family and friends.
‘I was very, very happy! And in fact, on New Year’s day I came out to my boss and he said, ‘I can’t believe you did that, it’s too late now’, but it helped me to come to terms with it, and I’m so glad I did,’ she told the Telegraph.
Graphic designer Rina Waddell, whose name was changed to protect her identity, was born a boy and had genital surgery at 14 but the decision to live as a girl proved ‘unrealistic and painful’, she told the Daily Telegraph.
But her mother now plans to follow suit and undergo surgery to become a girl, before being known as a woman.
‘I have this amazing female part which I can use to dress as a girl, so when I do come out I will just look like a girl,’ she said.
‘It’s amazing how life can change. I love being a woman and I feel I have finally found my identity.’
Dr David Reuben, one of the experts called by the High Court judgment on Wednesday to consider whether to allow her to have her female sex reassignment operation, said she was’really lucky’ to have decided to live as a woman.
Ms Green had only taken on her female self-identity after undergoing a trans-feminine operation at the age of 23 but the decision was met with dismay by some of her friends and family.
She said that she had been offered help at an earlier meeting but that she was refused.
Ms Green says her mother, Susanne Green, who first told her about her surgery, had insisted she not reveal to anyone that she was trans.
The young transgender woman was so fearful of her mother’s reaction that she began dressing and acting like a man immediately after her transition.
Doctors did not fully understand the nature of the surgery but Ms Green was told she would have a penis and breasts, but no sex organs.
She was also told that she would need hormone treatment and surgery on her hips and stomach for a week before she was legally recognised as transgender.
Dr Reuben said: ‘It