You can hardly meet a person now who has not heard anything about transgender people. They have come out of the shadows for a long time and look at us with a confident look from the covers of glossy magazines, TV screens, catwalks, and they just meet us in everyday life. Transsexuals managed to prove to the whole world that gender inconsistency is not a punishment, but an excellent motivation on the way to success.
What is transsexuality
Before we introduce you to unusual people who risked everything and did not fail, let's remember once again who transsexuals are.
The person whose gender identity is directly opposite to the declared sex at birth, as a result of which, aspiring to a transgender transition (in other words, a sex change) is called a transsexual.
Quite often, transsexuality is accompanied by prolonged depression and psychological disorders due to the rejection of such people by society. However, in this material we will tell you about people who managed to overcome all their fears and proudly declare themselves to the whole world.
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- Amanda Lepore.
In the distant past – Armand Lepore. The boy was born into a simple American family and from early childhood he sincerely wondered why he should wear men's clothes. Already at the age of 11, he had a clear understanding that he was “locked” in someone else's body.
To fully match who he feels himself to be, Lepore went to school in a dress. After that, his parents made a unanimous decision about home schooling. In adolescence, Armand begins to take hormonal drugs and the first changes begin to occur with his body.
The parents were very worried about their son's behavior and regularly took him to the doctors (by the way, Armand's mother herself suffered from schizophrenia for a long period). However, they later came to terms with what was happening.
At the age of 15, Armand first visited a plastic surgeon, and already at the age of 17 he completely became Amanda. The woman admits that there was not a single place left on her body that the hand of the surgeon and, concurrently, her husband would not touch. However, their marriage did not last long.
As a result of cooperation with a famous photographer, everyone learned about Amanda. Freak diva has become the face of cosmetic companies, a designer, a co-owner of nightclubs, a TV presenter and the most welcome guest of secular parties. And now, at 52, Amanda loves to shock the public.
- Caitlyn Jenner.
Here, perhaps, is truly the most famous transsexual! Who would have thought that an outstanding athlete, Olympic medalist, father of six children, Bruce Jenner and Caitlin Jenner are one and the same person. Before transforming into a woman, Bruce managed to be married three times. After 23 years of married life, his marriage to Kris Jenner fell apart. And the man himself shocked the public with a frank confession: he always felt like a woman.
Bruce's family fully supported him during this difficult period, and his ex-wife and world-famous daughters maintained warm relations with him. After completing hormonal therapy and a series of plastic surgeries, Caitlin has regained family happiness and plans to legalize her relationship with 22-year-old transgender Sophie Hutchins.
- Chaz Bono.
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The daughter of the world-famous singer Cher has never hidden that she would prefer to be born in a male body. Already in her teens, Chastity openly rebelled against the beautiful girlish outfits that her mother regularly spoiled her with. Yes, and openly admitted that she does not feel friendly sympathy for the girls she knows.
After coming of age, she stopped hiding her orientation. The star parents, who at that time were already divorced, were able to accept such a daughter and reconciled. And in 2010, the girl finally transformed into a man named Chaz Bono. The man is actively acting in film series and various talk shows.
- Alexis Arquette.
Robert Arquette was born in Los Angeles into a large Jewish acting family. Already in his youth, Robert began to actively act in films. His filmography includes about 50 paintings.
In 2004, Arquette decided to change sex and after 2 years he turned into Alexis. However, after a few years, Arquette again tried to return to her former male form.
For some period, the actress was in throwing, trying to find the true “I”. Alexis's acquaintances suggest that this was also due to a sharp deterioration in the health of the actress (in 1987 she was infected with HIV). In the fall of 2016, at the age of 47, Arquette died of a heart attack due to HIV.
- Andriy Pejic.
A transgender model from Australia who has become the face of global brands. The boy grew up in an incomplete family, and many assume that it was the absence of his father's upbringing that predetermined his future fate. Indeed, as a child, Andrey loved to wear his mother's clothes and secretly used her cosmetics.
Having reached adulthood, Andrei first appeared on the catwalk at one of the fashion shows and interested everyone with his unusual appearance. And already at the age of 23, Pejic appeared before the public in a completely new guise – he became Andrea, publicly announced a sex change and demanded that he address himself exclusively in the feminine gender. Andrea is happily married to fashion designer Durand Rembrandt.
- Isis King.
Isis was born in 1985 in Maryland in a male body and was given the name Darrell Walls at birth. Isis never hid her orientation, even participating in the most popular show America’s Next Top Model. The story of the model touched the TV presenter of this show (Tyra Banks) so much that she decided to participate in the fate of a transgender and offered her help to King with a sex change. As a result, Isis gained incredible popularity in the fashion industry, and her career quickly began to develop.
- Marsha P. Johnson.
A well-known African-American LGBT+ activist, Andy Warhol model, a participant in the Stonewall uprising, stood at the origins of the founding of Action Revolutionaries (STAR). This is a famous movement that helped young New York transsexuals.
In her interviews, Marsha always mentioned her difficult childhood in a poor Christian family. Immediately after graduating from high school, then Malcolm Michaels, began to dress in women's outfits and engage in prostitution. The outrageous and courageous transsexual did not pay attention to gossip and actively participated in all activities to protect the rights of people with non-traditional sexual orientation.
In 1992, the body of 46-year-old Marsha was found in the Hudson River. According to preliminary data, the cause of death was suicide. And only 20 years later, Marsha's relatives and friends managed to resume legal proceedings and prove that the drag queen was killed.
- The Wachowski sisters.
Initially – the brothers Larry and Andy, the creators of the very sensational film “The Matrix”. Having interrupted their studies in college, they managed to work as carpenters, organizing their own small construction business. In the early 90s, they started families and started writing scripts for Hollywood films. And already in 1999, Gomu woke up world-famous thanks to the release of The Matrix. Later, no less famous paintings will appear – “V for Vendetta”, “Speed Racer”, “Eighth Sense” and others.
There have been rumors that Larry is transgender for a long time. And so, like a bolt from the blue, in 2012 a man openly declares to the general public that he had a sex change operation and asks to call himself Lana. Then Andy transforms into Lilly.
- Andreas Krieger.
The famous athlete was born in 1966 in Berlin in a female body. Heidi grew up as an average girl and could not imagine her life without sports. It is not surprising that hormonal steroids, which the coach generously treated the athlete, played an important role in her future fate.
Considering the dosage of drugs and their effect on Krieger's fragile body, the girl began to change quite quickly. And soon she herself ceased to understand what gender she belongs to. Once Krieger even tried to commit suicide, but stopped in time.
Having won the European Championship, Heidi left the sport due to health problems. And already in 1997 she made the final decision to change sex.
- Kristin Jorgensen.
George William Jorgensen was born in 1926 in a strict Lutheran family. George was a fairly obedient child and never caused trouble for his parents. Exactly until the moment when he began the process of puberty.
After serving in the army, Jorgensen entered the Medical College and increasingly began to catch himself thinking that he was living in someone else's body. After sharing his thoughts with a doctor friend, George began hormone therapy in 1950. And then, I went to Sweden and had a sex change operation. This unprecedented event did not leave the representatives of the press aside and all the leading publications considered it their duty to write about the soldier who miraculously became a charming blonde.
Kristin's popularity grew exponentially. Not a single TV show was complete without her participation. Her memoirs formed the basis of several famous films at once. Jorgensen's life was cut short in 1967 due to cancer.
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