The little boy with rare genetic disorder who fought for 20 years to be a woman
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 5:39 PM on 12th January 2011
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1346474/Klinefelters-syndrome-Adele-Markham-fought-20-years-woman.html Adele was given male hormones as a teenager but was 'terrified' of becoming a man
Adele Markham, 31, describes herself as a 'normal girl' who loves clothes and one day hopes to be married.
But for 28 years Adele was known as Matthew and was living as a man until a stunning medical discovery revealed her true sexual identity.
For Adele was born with an extra sexual gene and though technically male - and growing up as a 'boy' - she always had doubts about who she really was.
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The boy who always knew he was a girl, and is now a woman
Kiran Randhawa, Health and Social Affairs Correspondent Kiran Randhawa, Health and Social Affairs Correspondent
12 Jan 2011
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23913479-the-boy-who-always-knew-he-was-a-girl-and-is-now-a-woman.doA woman spent 28 years living as a man until doctors discovered they had got her sex wrong.
Adele Markham has a rare genetic disorder called Klinefelters, which means she is not male or female, but both – known as intersex.
Born as Matthew, her parents were delighted to be told they had a son, after having two older girls. But as he started to grow into a toddler, the family GP noticed Matthew's genitals were not developing normally and said he would need surgery later.
