Transsexuality is not a 'lifestyle choice' - Sunday Life, Sydney AU

[caitlin_adams]

http://www.dailylife.com.au/life-and-love/real-life/transsexuality-is-not-a-lifestyle-choice-20120907-25j21.html 🔗

Riley, 15, from Sydney's north shore, is biologically male – but says being born a boy simply never made any sense. The high school student is one of an increasing number of teenagers who identify as transsexuals – those who feel they are trapped in the wrong body. Some are so sure that nature got it wrong that they are taking the bold step of "transitioning" – presenting themselves outwardly as the sex that they feel they are – during their teenage years or even earlier.

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A feature article from Sunday Life, a magazine inserted in to two of Australia's largest selling newspapers The Sun Herald (Sydney) and The Age (Melbourne).

[justmeinoz]

Good article, and I will watch the papers for comments.