Free to be he

[Natasha]

Free to be he

http://www.dalgazette.ca/html/module/displaystory/story_id/2869/format/html/displaystory.html
Rachel Rosenfeld
2/13/09

Puberty is hard. Body changes and raging hormones can make it a confusing time for everybody. But as a pre-teen girl struggling with gender identity disorder, puberty for Julien Davis was more than just confusing.


"Puberty was devastating," says Davis. "I had a lot of anger... I knew something was wrong but didn't have the language to express it."


Last April, with the support of his girlfriend, Sandra Bornemann, Davis underwent gender reassignment surgery and began testosterone hormone therapy, transitioning from female to male. Although surgery took care of some of the major physical changes, the transition period is a long one, and Davis's body is still in the process of changing. He gets a testosterone shot every two weeks and will continue to do so into old age to make his voice drop and to grow facial hair.

[Dennis]

That's my alma mater. Glad to see they're up on it. I was president of our class and when I made the transition (which was not so damn long ago), they chose to delete me from the newsletter. I did, however, not have any trouble getting a new diploma with my name on it. The deletion could've been just the decision of one person, but given that the purpose of the newsletter is to get us to donate money, I figure it's their loss not mine.

Dennis